pay cheque

Worker's regular compensation

A pay cheque is the regular payment an employee receives from an employer for work performed, or the physical document representing that payment.

The spelling is British and Canadian; Americans write paycheck.

I deposit my pay cheque every Friday.

To live pay cheque to pay cheque is to have little financial cushion between earnings.

Related

direct debit · bonus · bank · bank account · remuneration · earnings · amount · fortnightly · end of month · minimum wage · living wage · deductions · compensation · work · stub · tip · commission · money

Opposites
financial flow direction

pay chequebill

Amount owed, written

debt · expense · invoice · loan · mortgage

payment form/method

pay chequecash in hand

Physical currency possessed now

cash payment · off the books · cash · brown envelope · direct deposit

employment status

pay chequeunemployment benefit

Payment to jobless workers

dole · unemployment · redundancy · pink slip · layoff notice

Family

pay, cheque, pays, paying, payable, payer, payee, payment, repay

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