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
Take proof of residency — a driver's license, utility bill, bank statement or paycheck are acceptable — to your local clerk's office by 8pm.
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Joe Guillen, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
Digging into intrinsic motivation is about finding the emotional, psychological or even philosophical roots of why that goal matters to you, beyond the paycheck.
—Akin Akinpelu, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
If history is any guide, ballot measures to raise the minimum wage in Alaska, Missouri and California will likely win support from a majority of voters and lead to bigger paychecks for workers, said Sebastian Martinez Hickey, a state economic analyst at the Economic Policy Institute.
—Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,jake Piazza,annie Nova,rebecca Picciotto,ece Yildirim, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
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.
—Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 1 Nov. 2024
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Joe Guillen, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
Digging into intrinsic motivation is about finding the emotional, psychological or even philosophical roots of why that goal matters to you, beyond the paycheck.
—Akin Akinpelu, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
If history is any guide, ballot measures to raise the minimum wage in Alaska, Missouri and California will likely win support from a majority of voters and lead to bigger paychecks for workers, said Sebastian Martinez Hickey, a state economic analyst at the Economic Policy Institute.
—Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,jake Piazza,annie Nova,rebecca Picciotto,ece Yildirim, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
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.
—Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 1 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paycheck
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It's expected to bring 6,000 direct jobs with a median salary above $88,000.Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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Roberts just won his second World Series in five years and is due a raise from his $4 million 2025 salary when his deal expires.Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 21 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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Fifty nine percent of the members of the International Association of Machinists District 751 voted to accept Boeing’s latest offer of a 38 percent wage increase along with other concessions, and return to work.Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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What's next: Rise plans to broaden beyond contractor payments and into payroll starting next year — going up against the likes of ADP or Workday with products like taxes, health care benefits included in the platform.Lucinda Shen, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
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The toll readers have a lower administrative cost than payment through a license plate account or returning a payment with an invoice through the mail.Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Paycheck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paycheck. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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