pay cheque

A form of paycheck — A periodic payment, usually in the form of a paper check, received by an employee from an employer for work performed.

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Meanings

nounpay cheque (plural pay cheques)

plural pay cheques

  1. alternativeAlternative form of paycheck.

    That there was no 'oil boom town' atmosphere at Taching, no bars, brothels or night clubs doing a roaring trade as technicians and oil drillers with fat pay cheques swaggered in from lonely drilling sites for a long week-end, obviously did not surprise us.

    1976, Wilfred Burchett, China: The Quality of Life, Penguin Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 114
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