pay packet

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pay packet

The employee opens his pay packet at the end of the week.

Definition

Noun: 1. A sealed envelope or container holding an employee's wages in cash: This term traditionally refers to the physical packet, typically an envelope, containing the cash amount of a worker's wages for a specific pay period, ready for hand-to-hand distribution. 2. The amount of money earned as wages; one's salary: By extension, "pay packet" is commonly used to refer to the total sum of money one earns from their job, regardless of the method of payment (e.g., cash, bank transfer).

Usage Examples
  • Referring to the physical envelope:
    • On Friday afternoon, the manager handed each worker their pay packet.
    • Before direct deposit was common, employees would line up to collect their pay packets from the accounts office.
  • Referring to the amount of salary:
    • He was delighted with the bonus in this month's pay packet.
    • The rising cost of living means my pay packet doesn't stretch as far as it used to.
Advanced Usage
  • "A thin/fat pay packet": An idiomatic way to describe a small or large amount of wages.
    • After the tax increase, everyone was left with a much thinner pay packet.
    • The new sales commission should result in a fatter pay packet next month.
Variants and Related Words
  • Paycheck (noun, chiefly US): The check received as wages from an employer. It is functionally equivalent to "pay packet" in referring to both the physical item and the amount earned.
  • Wages (noun): Money paid, especially at a regular rate, for labor or services.
  • Salary (noun): A fixed regular payment, typically paid monthly but often expressed as an annual sum, made by an employer to an employee.
Synonyms
  • Earnings
  • Remuneration
  • Take-home pay
Related Idioms
  • "To be in/out of the packet": Informal British English meaning to be paid or not yet paid.
    • I can't go out until I'm in the packet. (I can't go out until I've been paid.)
  • "The contents of the pay packet": Emphasizes the actual monetary value of the wages.
    • The union is negotiating to improve the contents of the pay packet for all staff.
pay packet

The employee opens his pay packet at the end of the week.

Noun
  1. wages enclosed in an envelope for distribution to the wage earner

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