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pay packet

pay packet noun: a sealed envelope containing a person's wages.

Noun

pay packet (plural pay packets)

  1. A sealed envelope containing a person's wages.
    • These were confusing times for all railwaymen, said Dr. Beeching in a message to B.R. staff, enclosed in their pay packets one week in July.1962 September, “Talking of Trains: Cold comfort with the cash”, in Modern Railways, page 152
  2. (broadly, idiomatic) The amount a person earns from employment.

Forms of pay packet

pluralpay packets

Questions about pay packet

What does pay packet mean?
Pay packet means a sealed envelope containing a person's wages.
What part of speech is pay packet?
Pay packet is a noun.
What is the plural of pay packet?
The plural of pay packet is pay packets.

Words near pay packet in the dictionary

  1. pay one's way
  2. pay or okay
  3. pay or play
  4. pay out
  5. pay overs
  6. pay packet
  7. pay packets
  8. pay per play
  9. pay phone
  10. pay phones
  11. pay pig

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