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pay packets

pay packets is the plural of pay packet.

Meaning of pay packet

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.

Questions about pay packets

What is pay packets the plural of?
Pay packets is the plural of pay packet.

Words near pay packets in the dictionary

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

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