pay·check

pay·check
(US)) /ˈpeıˌʧɛk/ (or Brit pay cheque /ˈpeıˌʧɛk/ noun, pl -checks [count]
1 : a check that is used to pay an employee for his or her work

I went to the office to pick up my paycheck.

a big paycheck [=a paycheck for a large amount of money]

(US) We are living paycheck to paycheck [=we spend all of the money from one paycheck before we receive the next paycheck] and have no money left over for savings.

2 chiefly US : the money that you regularly earn : a wage or salary

Your weekly paycheck will be almost $600 after taxes.

When I was in college, I earned my first steady paycheck [=I was earning money regularly for the first time] as a waitress.


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