pay envelope

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Recent Examples of pay envelope Veronica hands Flavia the pay envelope. 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
Noun
  • Reynolds’ annual salary is more than $278,000.
    Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The decision followed months of criticism and over his salary and decision-making.
    Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • People often say imposing spending limits in the Premier League will see its players flock abroad, but the reality is hardly any clubs outside England could afford the wages that would still be offered here, even under a salary cap.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Fewer workers moving between jobs could lead to wage growth flattening and companies becoming more cautious.
    Charlotte Morabito, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Studies estimate that about 5 million Americans would not renew coverage through Affordable Care Act health insurance exchanges, such as Covered California, if these payments are not renewed before the end of the year.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
  • All Social Security benefit payments will continue as normal.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The assignments are highly detailed and the company is very transparent about the pay.
    Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The odd hours and relatively low pay associated with these jobs have always posed a recruiting challenge, but the pandemic made the task even harder, says Gina Warner, the CEO of the National Afterschool Association, which represents after-school workers.
    Alana Semuels, Time, 22 Sep. 2025

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“Pay envelope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pay%20envelope. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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