paychecks

noun

plural of paycheck
as in salaries
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 paychecks The Treasury Department previously proposed regulations that would allow employees to fund their dependent children's accounts with pretax dollars straight from their paychecks. — Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026 Even women who make it into the AI workforce are less likely to land roles with the biggest paychecks and influence. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026 Each subsequent generation has seen a new outflow of Italians from the neighborhood as children trade in their family apartments and businesses for bigger houses and paychecks elsewhere. — Rachel Corbett, Curbed, 31 Aug. 2026 My employees worked for me in good faith, trusting that their paychecks and taxes were being managed faithfully and that their livelihoods were secure. — Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026 Over the year, prices still rose faster than workers’ paychecks. — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 That said, paychecks and federal benefits are handled differently during the levy process. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026 Maryland workers will soon see a new deduction from their paychecks as the state prepares to launch its Family and Medical Leave Insurance program. — Cassidie Stevens, Baltimore Sun, 27 Aug. 2026 Men who worked at the automobile factories donated their paychecks to help Palestinian refugees. — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paychecks
  1. salaries
  2. wages
  3. payments
Noun
  • Revenues are up, player salaries are higher, viewership is growing, and team valuations are soaring.
    — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Cash-rich labs are offering athlete-like salaries plus equity packages that can turn early employees into billionaires.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of salaries
Noun
  • The neighborhood lost a major employer in 1992 when General Motors closed its plant at the eastern end of Blythe Street, where some 2,600 employees made union wages producing Chevrolet Camaros and Pontiac Firebirds.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • At prevailing wages, this uncompensated labor is worth $430 billion a year.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of wages
Noun
  • Solowin Holdings signed a memorandum in April with SC Ventures, Standard Chartered's venture arm, to incubate an AI payments project called AGENPAY.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Peter Gwaltney, president and CEO of the North Carolina Bankers Association, said contactless payments give consumers more flexibility, security and a smoother checkout.
    — Kimberly Tutuska, Charlotte Observer, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of payments

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“Paychecks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paychecks. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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