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
  • That’s how much LIV has paid its players in tournament winnings, salaries and bonuses since its first tournament in 2022.
    — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • The salaries Golden State paid out to Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda and Nadia Fingall as the replacement players for Rupert don’t count toward the cap, so the Valkyries have enough breathing room underneath.
    — Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 30 July 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
  • The subsidy headlined a gaudy incentive package offering property and sales tax exemptions, discount electricity and payments for infrastructure in exchange for about 9,000 jobs.
    — Mark Dee August 2, Idaho Statesman, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Meanwhile, reports have emerged of a minor vulnerability affecting the Bitkey bitcoin hardware wallet developed by Jack Dorsey’s Block payments company.
    — Billy Bambrough, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
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“Pay envelopes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pay%20envelopes. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

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