paycheck

noun

pay·​check ˈpā-ˌchek How to pronounce paycheck (audio)
1
: a check in payment of wages or salary
2

Examples of paycheck in a Sentence

I went to the office to pick up my paycheck. Your weekly paycheck will be almost $600 after taxes.
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It should be provided by your employer by the end of January and indicate your income in the year prior and the amount of taxes that were withheld from your paycheck. Brett Holzhauer,ryley Amond, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2025 Yet, despite five decades of progress, stubborn inequalities persist and women’s teams still receive less funding, inferior facilities, and coaches earn smaller paychecks than their counterparts in men’s sports. Lindsey Darvin, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025 The refund money referenced in these statistics typically applies to taxes withheld out of paychecks or paid in 2021. Susan Tompor, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025 Furthermore, Gen Z employees are the most likely to work solely for a paycheck (42%) and have considered quitting their jobs within the last three months more frequently than other generations. Elizabeth Pearson, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for paycheck

Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of paycheck was in 1899

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“Paycheck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paycheck. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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paycheck

noun
pay·​check ˈpā-ˌchek How to pronounce paycheck (audio)
: a check in payment of wages or salary

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