paycheck

nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈpeɪ.t͡ʃɛk//

A periodic payment, usually in the form of a paper check, received by an employee from an employer for work performed.

noun

1
A periodic payment, usually in the form of a paper check, received by an employee from an employer for work performed.
He was delighted after getting his first paycheck, but subsequently blew it all on the horses.
The teachers are not there to help you. Most oft them are still freelancers and the last thing they want is more competition. They are there because they need a steady paycheck and they hope to score some pussy!
They took my whole paycheck and I know why / 'Cause I got high, 'cause I got high
With the help of some low-end boosting, Dinklage musters a decent amount of kid-appropriate menace—although he never does explain his gift for finding chunks of ice shaped like pirate ships—but Romano and Leary mainly sound bored, droning through their lines as if they’re simultaneously texting the contractors building the additions on their houses funded by their fat sequel paychecks.

Etymology

From pay (“wages or salary”) + check (“a means of payment”).

Forms

plural: paychecks

pay · To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods…Pay · A diminutive of the unisex given name Payton.payback · An act of revenge.

paycheck · A periodic payment, usually in the form of a paper check, received by an employee from an employer for work performed.

payday · The day of the week or month, or the specific day, on which…paying · payment payment · The act of paying.

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