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单词 pay cheque
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pay chequepay checkn.

Brit. /ˈpeɪtʃɛk/, U.S. /ˈpeɪˌtʃɛk/
Forms: 1800s– pay check (chiefly U.S.), 1800s– pay cheque.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pay n., cheque n.
Etymology: < pay n. + cheque n.
A cheque for wages or salary made out to an employee. Hence also: a salary, an income.
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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. 21/1Paycheck 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).
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