Definition of Paycheck

1. Noun. A check issued in payment of wages or salary.

Exact synonyms: Payroll Check
Generic synonyms: Bank Check, Check, Cheque

Definition of Paycheck

1. Noun. Money received on payday as payment for work performed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Paycheck

1. a check in payment of wages or salary [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paycheck

pay the freight
pay the penalty
pay the piper
pay the price
pay through the nose
pay up
payability
payable
payables
payably
payara
payaras
payback
payback's a bitch
paybacks
paycheck (current term)
paychecks
paycheque
paycheques
paycock
paycocks
payday
payday loan
payday loans
paydays
paydirt
payed
payee
payees
payen

Literary usage of Paycheck

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Preparing Americans for Retirement: The Roadblock to Increased Savings edited by Charles E. Grassley (1999)
"You are very interested in your weekly or monthly paycheck to make sure ... You should feel as conversant with your pension as you do with your paycheck. ..."

2. 1967! by Ann Owen, Lawrence A. Murray (1994)
"If a one paycheck family doesn't have enough money [ the defined poverty line is now close to half the median family income], the spouse must get a job. ..."

3. Change Is the Rule: Practical Actions for Change: On Target, on Time, on Budget by Winford E. Holland (2000)
"Imagine the director saying, "Well, your performance is not really what I wanted, but here is your paycheck anyway." Or imagine an actor who gets his first ..."

4. Financial Investigations: A Financial Approach to Detecting and Resolving Crimesby Don Vogel by Don Vogel (1999)
"Any employee who does not have taxes withheld from his or her paycheck or does not ... Once a suspicious paycheck has been identified, the flow of the check ..."

5. Climate Change: Debating America's Policy Options by David G. Victor (2004)
"For households that survive paycheck to paycheck, these new standards would force them to spend even more of their scarce savings on something that they ..."

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