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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Workers were demanding salary increases, protection against subcontracting and job loss through automation, and were refusing to comply with FIFA’s request to collect sensitive private information such as nationality and home addresses.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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The Atlanta Braves legend also noted that a salary cap has not translated to a competitive environment in other professional sports leagues.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
10 June 2026
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Despite some wage growth, incomes haven’t kept pace with persistent inflation.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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In a statement last week, the SVP said that voting for the population cap would still allow 40,000 people to move to Switzerland each year, but lawmaker Piero Marchesi said population growth had caused problems for public services, wages, the price of rent, education and the labor market.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
13 June 2026
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Since then, Jackson’s companies have received more than $1 billion in payments from state agencies, according to analyses of government records.—
Shannon McCaffrey,
AJC.com,
10 June 2026
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Talanoa Ili, a top-100 recruit in the Trojans’ vaunted 2026 class, joins Stanford quarterback Charlie Mirer as one of two lead plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit that takes aim at the system implemented since the settlement ushered in a new era of direct payment from universities to athletes.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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During last year’s budget negotiations, public sector unions signed new agreements with the state that resulted in moderate pay increases in exchange for suspending retirement contributions and instituting a leave program for state employees.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2026
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But that’s not the only nearly impossible goal in a Musk pay package.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
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“Pay envelope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pay%20envelope. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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