paycheck (US) /ˈpeɪˌtʃɛk/ noun or British pay cheque /ˈpeɪˌtʃɛk/
plural paychecks
or British pay cheque /ˈpeɪˌtʃɛk/
plural paychecks
Learner's definition of PAYCHECK
[count]
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: a check that is used to pay an employee for his or her work工资支票 -
I went to the office to pick up my paycheck.我去办公室领了我的工资支票。
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a big paycheck [=a paycheck for a large amount of money]一张大额工资支票
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(US) We are living paycheck to paycheck [=we spend all of the money from one paycheck before we receive the next paycheck] and have no money left over for savings.我们的薪水每次都花光，没闲钱可存。
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chiefly US : the money that you regularly earn : a wage or salary薪金；工资 -
Your weekly paycheck will be almost $600 after taxes.你的周薪税后差不多是600美元。
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When I was in college, I earned my first steady paycheck [=I was earning money regularly for the first time] as a waitress.我上大学时当女服务生获得了第一笔稳定的收入。