Pay Envelope (Noun)
Meaning
Wages enclosed in an envelope for distribution to the wage earner.
Classification
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession.
Examples
- The pay envelope was handed to each employee at the end of every week.
- She opened her pay envelope to find a surprise bonus.
- The manager carefully inserted the cash and checks into the individual pay envelopes.
- His pay envelope usually contained exactly one week's worth of salary.
- Before the days of direct deposit, pay envelopes were the standard way to receive one's wages.