paycheck
US /ˈpeɪˌtʃɛk/
Definition
a check issued in payment of wages or salary
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
Employees receive their paycheck on the last day of each month.
Synonyms
- wagesomething that remunerates
- salary sliphaving a meaning similar to paycheck
Collocations
- Easy wait for the monthly paycheckto wait for the monthly paycheck, meaning to stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
- Medium direct deposit of salary paycheckto direct deposit of salary paycheck, meaning to command with authority
- Hard payroll deductions from gross paycheckdescribing payroll deductions from gross paycheck (a list of employees and their salaries)
- Very Hard struggle living from paycheck to paycheckto struggle living from paycheck to paycheck, meaning to make a strenuous or labored effort
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.