pay envelopes

noun

plural of pay envelope
as in salaries
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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  1. salaries
  2. wages
  3. payments
Noun
  • Johnson formed the league by providing star athletes with salaries and appearance fees to compete on a four-event circuit in 2025.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Pointing to leetcode interviews, sustained high salaries and shelves of dense technical books as evidence the craft demanded scarce skill long before AI arrived.
    — Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of salaries
Noun
  • Part of that is people feeling left behind—wages can’t compound as quickly as stocks, so everyone needs to participate in the market to believe in capitalism.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The union also says the management company interrogated and surveilled workers during a strike in June, when employees walked out to fight for higher wages and better benefits.
    — Aki Nace, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of wages
Noun
  • FreshBooks and Grasshopper also announced a partnership to streamline small business cash flow, integrating invoicing, payments, and banking.
    — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Without adequate enrollment and the tuition payments that accompany the students, many more colleges will close.
    — Jim Nowlan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of payments
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“Pay envelopes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pay%20envelopes. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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