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
Noun
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That means Gotham can tap into an additional $1 million in funds above the salary cap to pay her when the rule comes into effect on July 1.—
Melanie Anzidei,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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In a news release shared with CBS News Texas, the district said teachers who work directly in a classroom with children as the teacher of record will get an automatic 5% salary increase for the upcoming 2026-27 school year.—
Matthew Ablon,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Failing to win promotion in 2023-24, with such a significant wage budget, was a major disappointment for Leeds and Farke survived serious discussions at the top of the club about his potential sacking.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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This cost is nominally shared between employers and employees, but workers bear the real burden through both paycheck deductions and forgone wages.—
Jordan Bruneau,
Boston Herald,
25 Apr. 2026
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In addition, records show that Smedley received an advance payment of $2,625 in 2018 of his stipend as a city council member that is normally paid quarterly.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
21 Apr. 2026
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The plan would allow the charter NFL franchise to make special payments to taxing bodies in the northwest suburbs — known as Payment in Lieu of Taxes, or PILOT — rather than paying regular property taxes.—
Jeremy Gorner,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Apr. 2026
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Asked about teacher funding, Shaw said teachers deserve good pay but that districts have problems with waste, fraud and abuse.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
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Home care workers deserve fair pay and humane conditions, but this bill doesn’t solve those problems.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Pay envelope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pay%20envelope. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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