payroll check
2
2.7
- noun
- /ˈpeɪroʊl tʃɛk/
- US
:
cheque de nómina
- The company issued all employee payroll checks on the first of the month.
- unclaimed payroll checks
- distributes the payroll checks
So he goes to Denver, gets in the hotel with Larry and Kim, starts passing checks, payroll checks.
- So he goes to Denver, gets in the hotel with Larry and Kim, starts passing checks, payroll checks.
Examples
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Any unclaimed payroll checks are retained by the personnel department.
Academic text (1991) -
The personnel department distributes the payroll checks.
Academic text (1991) -
Did you say $300 for a payroll check?
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I have a payroll check here I'd like to cash.
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Payroll checks we cash up to $300.
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Payroll checks are signed by the cashier.
Academic text (1997) -
Any unclaimed payroll checks are turned over to the cashier.
Academic text (1997) -
The cashier distributes the payroll checks.
Academic text (1997) -
Now, many people simply have their payroll checks directly deposited in bank accounts, preventing the hassle of traveling to the bank completely.
Blog text (5) -
Every two weeks, I deposit my payroll check into my bank account.
Synonyms
283
2.1
Money an employee gets for work, often given by check
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a check issued to an employee as payment' is directly and compositionaly derived from 'payroll' (the company list/pay system for employees) + 'check' (a paper payment instrument). This noun–noun combination follows a common, cross-linguistically transparent modifier + head pattern, so a learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Payroll check comes from the idea of a payroll, a list of workers and how much to pay them, and a check, a paper bank payment. So a payroll check is a check given to an employee as their 'pay'.