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pay cheque

pay cheque is the alternative form of paycheck.

Meaning of paycheck

Noun

paycheck (plural paychecks)

  1. (US) A periodic payment, usually in the form of a paper check, received by an employee from an employer for work performed.
    • He was delighted after getting his first paycheck, but subsequently blew it all on the horses.

Forms of pay cheque

pluralpay cheques

Questions about pay cheque

What is pay cheque the alternative form of?
Pay cheque is the alternative form of paycheck.

Words near pay cheque in the dictionary

  1. pay back
  2. pay back in someone's own coin
  3. pay by bank
  4. pay check
  5. pay checks
  6. pay cheque
  7. pay cheques
  8. pay cut
  9. pay cuts
  10. pay day
  11. pay days

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pay cheque (page history and authors); paycheck (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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