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
Roosevelt tied Landon to employers who had been slipping anti-Social Security propaganda into their workers’ pay envelopes.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 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
Roosevelt tied Landon to employers who had been slipping anti-Social Security propaganda into their workers’ pay envelopes.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pay envelope
Noun
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This year, salary savings are expected to begin in July.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
15 May 2025
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Forbes also consults news reports and salary databases such as Capology, Over the Cap and Spotrac.—
Brett Knight,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
Noun
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The policies that the governor tried to reopen included cuts to restaurant workers’ wages, an expansion of charter schools, and privatizing the state’s last-resort insurer for workers’ compensation.—
The Denver Post,
Denver Post,
10 May 2025
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The cost of living, including health care and housing, continues to rise, and wages have not risen consistently at the same pace.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 May 2025
Noun
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These anticorruption provisions are designed to prevent presidents from accepting gifts or payments from foreign officials or U.S. states.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
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The president also wants to eliminate tax on tips, overtime and Social Security payments.—
Riley Beggin,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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The union wants to boost starting pay for caregivers to $25 per hour and, over several years, elevate most employees to about $30 per hour.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
10 May 2025
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The low pay creates a disincentive for psychologists and psychiatrists to join insurance networks.—
Aneri Pattani,
Miami Herald,
9 May 2025
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“Pay envelope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pay%20envelope. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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