paychecks

noun

plural of paycheck
as in salaries
the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services almost half of her paycheck goes to child care and transportation expenses

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Recent Examples of paychecks Rather than chasing fancy titles or splashy paychecks throughout her career, she’s gravitated toward jobs that pushed her out of her comfort zone, forced her to take risks, and taught her to embrace a little chaos. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026 Tamra tells Emily what Heather and the others were saying, and Emily brings it back to her bestie, Gina, who doesn’t take kindly to them counting her paychecks. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026 With prices climbing faster than paychecks, small changes to everyday spending can help stretch your budget. — Dan Avery, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026 On a quest for a laptop that means business without setting you back more than a few paychecks? — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 20 Oct. 2026 The spending helps keep the economy afloat amid rising inflation — but at a cost to households digging deeper into debt to stretch their paychecks. — Joel Mathis, TheWeek, 20 Oct. 2026 Many consumers want to spread expenses across multiple paychecks, compare prices over several weeks and avoid the pressure of making every purchase at once. — Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026 Spreading holiday purchases across several paychecks is one of the most consistent reasons shoppers cite for starting early, letting households compare prices and avoid a single large hit to the budget. — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 19 Oct. 2026 Because the richest tenth of Americans own nearly 90% of household stock-market wealth, every dollar shifted from paychecks to profit flows almost undiluted to the top. — Christopher Marquis, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paychecks
  1. salaries
  2. wages
  3. payments
Noun
  • The list identifies 93 federal employees, sharing their full names, salaries, employment histories and pictures of their faces.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The union appears to be the main supporter of the proposal and says the restrictions would prevent excessive spending on executive salaries, fundraisers and other administrative expenses.
    — Times staff, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of salaries
Noun
  • Its Office of Health Care Affordability sets enforceable cost‑growth targets for the whole sector and for individual organizations, with fines beginning in 2028 and a goal of holding growth near 3%, in line with wages.
    — Paul Markovich, STAT, 2 Nov. 2026
  • What readers are saying The comments reflect skepticism and frustration about the feasibility of saving a year's worth of expenses, especially given the current economic challenges such as low wages, high living costs, and job market difficulties.
    — Maurie Backman, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of wages
Noun
  • For now, merchants that want to accept agentic payments should be tracking these developments and ensuring their own systems are set up to work with these protocols.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Congress should pass legislation that ensures predictable payments that reflect fair market rates and removes incentives to exploit arbitration while preserving strong protections against surprise bills.
    — Christian Swann, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of payments

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“Paychecks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paychecks. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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