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pay envelope

noun

: an envelope that contains your wages

: the money that you regularly earn : a wage or salary

Full Definition of PAY ENVELOPE

:  an envelope containing one's wages
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First Known Use of PAY ENVELOPE

1901

Related to PAY ENVELOPE

Synonyms
emolument, hire, packet [British], pay, paycheck, wage, payment, salary, stipend

Rhymes with PAY ENVELOPE

Cape of Good Hope, colonoscope, electroscope, hagioscope, heliotrope, hope against hope, kaleidoscope, oscilloscope, stereoscope

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