as in salary
the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services
with this recession going on, workers shouldn't be expecting fatter pay envelopes
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Recent Examples of pay envelope
Veronica hands Flavia the pay envelope.
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Han Ong, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2021
The men who built the ships of the U.S. Navy men like Charles Fort of Dundalk and William Hooper of White Marsh had the satisfaction of doing a job right, of contributing to the nation's defense and of bringing home to their eastern Baltimore County communities a regular pay envelope.
—Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 9 Aug. 2021
Immigrant workmen gave up a pay envelope, schoolchildren put in pennies — upward of 150,000 people in all, each name and each donation noted by Pulitzer’s New York World, and almost each one under a dollar.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2021
Frustrated by the limits of collective bargaining, Reuther came to complain that bargaining, once so promising, had come to focus on just another nickel in the pay envelope.
—John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press, 19 Oct. 2019
Han Ong, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2021
The men who built the ships of the U.S. Navy men like Charles Fort of Dundalk and William Hooper of White Marsh had the satisfaction of doing a job right, of contributing to the nation's defense and of bringing home to their eastern Baltimore County communities a regular pay envelope.
—Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 9 Aug. 2021
Immigrant workmen gave up a pay envelope, schoolchildren put in pennies — upward of 150,000 people in all, each name and each donation noted by Pulitzer’s New York World, and almost each one under a dollar.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2021
Frustrated by the limits of collective bargaining, Reuther came to complain that bargaining, once so promising, had come to focus on just another nickel in the pay envelope.
—John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press, 19 Oct. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pay envelope
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Before the raise, Chula Vista ranked eighth out of 12 agencies in the county for total compensation, which includes salary, benefits and specialty pay.—
Walker Armstrong,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Jan. 2026
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This includes salaries, equipment, and supplies.—
Brandon Truitt,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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Economic and social impact studies address these questions directly, focusing on jobs, wages, opportunity, displacement, and community wealth.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
25 Jan. 2026
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Finally, these nurses deserve a living wage.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
24 Jan. 2026
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The statement didn’t mention specific securities, but the timing suggests most of the funding for the partial payments this week could be coming from the state firm.—
Bloomberg News,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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But as is explained both on the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and Hollywood sign websites, filming the sign itself requires additional clearance and payment of a licensing fee.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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Similarly, the National Women’s Law Center reports in 2023, that based on current wage disparities, a Black woman starting her career today could lose around $907,680 over a 40-year working lifetime, simply because of unequal pay.—
Jallicia Jolly,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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In addition, his new pay package, valued at up to $1 trillion, could also start paying out over the next decade.—
Robert Frank,Devan Burris,
CNBC,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Pay envelope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pay%20envelope. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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