as in salary
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 paycheck
At one point, a J&T employee offered $100 loans to the workers to buy food — money the contractor later deducted from the workers’ first paycheck, according to the lawsuit.
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Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 1 Nov. 2024
Shelton, whom Trump unsuccessfully nominated to the Federal Reserve Board in 2020, has long argued that a zero-inflation target would help everyday Americans who are hurt when their paychecks fail to keep up with prices.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
Living paycheck to paycheck is more common, even when the paycheck is higher.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
Measured from the same quarter a year earlier, workers’ paychecks, excluding government employees, rose 3.8%, a pace consistent with the Fed’s inflation target, Daco said.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024
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Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 1 Nov. 2024
Shelton, whom Trump unsuccessfully nominated to the Federal Reserve Board in 2020, has long argued that a zero-inflation target would help everyday Americans who are hurt when their paychecks fail to keep up with prices.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
Living paycheck to paycheck is more common, even when the paycheck is higher.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
Measured from the same quarter a year earlier, workers’ paychecks, excluding government employees, rose 3.8%, a pace consistent with the Fed’s inflation target, Daco said.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paycheck
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Lillard, though, compromised the Bucks’ defense while hurting the team’s ability to add depth because of his $54 million salary.Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Noninterest expense increased to $13.7 million from $11.5 million, primarily due to higher salaries and employee benefits.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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Higher wage bills The government also announced that the national living wage would increase by 6.7% from April 2025 to £12.21 per hour.Marc Shoffman, theweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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While the $174,000 annual pay likely doesn't sound too shabby to those living in a country where the median individual wage comes to just over $59,000 a year, members of Congress are earning wages that were set in 2009.Kate Gibson, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Elon Musk’s lawyer defends daily $1-million payments to voters The L.A. Times special: Trump’s culture of retribution has swept through American life Stay Golden, Anita Chabria P.S.Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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That’s not great for the other parties involved in a payment — namely retailers and their customers.Dustin Eide, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Paycheck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paycheck. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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