pay packet
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3.5
- noun
- UK
:
sobre de pago
- Two months hence, on the thirtieth, you shall have your next pay packet, and thereafter another at the end of each month.
- handing out pay packets
You'll get more in your pay packet from April onwards.
- You'll get more in your pay packet from April onwards.
- So I'm looking at this man thinking you are literally exchanging people's faith for their pay packet.
Examples
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Millions more workers know their next pay packet will not be enough to make ends meet.
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Gibson put the pay packet away.
Fiction book (1996) -
30 April 2012: NHS workers get their first pay packets reduced by the new pension scheme.
Blog text (13) -
You'll get more in your pay packet from April onwards.
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But there's always the music and the dancing when the week's work is done and the men bring home their pay packets.
Fiction book (1991) -
CEOs are granted huge pay packets but are not worth the rewards.
Blog text (1) -
Many workers rely on their pay packet to cover monthly expenses.
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She was excited to see the amount in her pay packet this week.
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Each pay packet usually includes a breakdown of wages and deductions.
Synonyms
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1.4
Money paid regularly to a worker, often each week
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1.0
Money you receive for work or services
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1.3
A regular fixed payment from an employer to an employee, usually monthly
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2.1
Money an employee gets for work, often given by check
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3.1
The money you keep after taxes and other payments are taken out
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2.7
A written payment that an employer gives an employee for work
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3.2
An envelope that holds the money a worker gets, often given on pay day
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5.8
An envelope that holds a worker's pay, often given weekly
Antonyms
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the money a worker receives' is directly derivable from combining 'pay' (remuneration) with 'packet' (a small package/envelope) — i.e., wages given as a packet. This noun+noun composition is compositional and follows regular English compounding patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the meaning (noting only that the cultural practice of receiving pay in an envelope may be regionally variable).
Etymology
Pay packet comes from the old practice of giving workers a small packet or envelope with their pay at the end of the week. That's why pay packet means 'the money a worker receives' today.