paycheck

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Editorial note

This is a great idea, especially for people living from paycheck to paycheck.

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Quick take

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

Meaning at a glance

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noun

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

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for paycheck.

noun

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

Example sentences

This is a great idea, especially for people living from paycheck to paycheck.

I would imagine it's hard to convince people who live paycheck to paycheck to pay $3 per week on this.

Retirement is the end goal but getting the people that live paycheck-to-paycheck a solid foundation right now will help them better be able to save down the line.

Employer contributions don't come out of your paycheck though; for the business, its a cost of doing business.

The answer to both questions in this case was: the CEO The money came from his paycheck.

How is it different from using a credit card and paying the balance once the paycheck arrives?

They also have lots of employees who put in the bare minimum and punch a clock to draw a paycheck.

If a majority of your paycheck is being spent in other markets, then you're actually running against the US economy.

There are reasons people would want to keep their paycheck private, for very legitimate reasons.

Not really, since they are never taking any portion of that paycheck away from you.

I didn't like the idea of turning over such a large portion of my paycheck to a landlord.

It important to know when it's a company that is portioning out your paycheck.

Quote examples

Implying Snowden is "hiding" when he's given up his family, home, and a nice paycheck is the most disgusting, cowardly thing to say.

Sure, but what they're actually doing is charging interest on loans, they are holding money from your paycheck as a deposit before you need the loan, using the undisclosed proprietary "average" algorithm.

I've made similar comments on HN in the past but much of this griping seems to boil down to "I was interested in [thing] way before all these johnny-come-latelys just bum-rushed it for a paycheck!" It's an irritatingly hipster thing to do -- I did X before X was cool, but now X is sooooo over.

Proper noun examples

The massive shift from nationalism to corporatism (which we're continuing to see become more like Paycheck), and the alarming trend of humanity being more driven by a handful of people than any flavor of democracy.