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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Noun
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For example, governor, judicial and legislative salaries are Category A, which must be funded.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Feb. 2026 -
Analysts at the Bank of America Institute have warned that recent productivity gains are accumulating on the profit side of the ledger, while wages and salaries gradually take up a smaller slice of the GDP.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
17 Feb. 2026
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The kicker is 20 per cent lower wages for most of them, compared to if United were in the Champions League.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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In bargaining both sides remain stuck on just cause provisions, AI and wages, according to union organizers.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Feb. 2026
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Pullman was president of the over 15,000-member State Police union from 2012 until his resignation in 2018, during which time Lynch worked as a lobbyist representing the union in exchange for monthly retainer payments.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
19 Feb. 2026
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Several whistleblowers from Maryland’s Department of Human Services alleged a troubling scheme to deliberately leave correctable errors uncorrected in SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) payments, artificially keeping the error rate high to delay federal penalties.—
Torrey Snow,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Pay envelopes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pay%20envelopes. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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