单词 | pay cheque |
释义 | pay chequepay checkn. A cheque for wages or salary made out to an employee. Hence also: a salary, an income. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > in cheque form pay cheque1878 1864 Let. in Case of Great Brit. before Tribunal of Arbitration (1872) II. 749 After I had been on board six weeks I received a half-pay check for £2 17s.1d., payable at Mr. Howe's, Fountain Inn, Sheerness.] 1878 Johnson's New Universal Cycl. IV. 187/1 The sergeant-at-arms of the House of Representatives..keeps the pay and mileage account of the House, and, if required, pays money to the members for the pay-checks prepared by him. 1898 Cent. Mag. Mar. 799/1 Upon the table lay my weekly pay-checks for three years back, face down. 1930 J. Collier His Monkey Wife xvii. 243 You take your pay cheque at the end of the week without making a lot of fuss about the size of it. 1962 Life 23 Feb. 21/1 ‘Paycheck Protection’..provides an emergency income..when the policyowner is unable to work because of illness or accident. 1991 Choice Jan. 87/2 The report says that stopping paid work could mean early retirement or late redundancy, or exchanging a pay cheque for unpaid caring for an elderly relative. 2003 Independent on Sunday 30 Mar. (Review Suppl.) 14/1 I was stood waiting to get my pay-cheque cashed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1878 |
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