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paycheque

paycheque 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 paycheque

pluralpaycheques

Origin of paycheque

From pay (“wages or salary”) + cheque (“means of payment”).

Phrases with paycheque

Questions about paycheque

What is paycheque the alternative form of?
Paycheque is the alternative form of paycheck.

Words near paycheque in the dictionary

  1. paybox
  2. payboxes
  3. paycation
  4. paycheck
  5. paychecks
  6. paycheque
  7. paycheques
  8. paycock
  9. paycocks
  10. payd
  11. payday

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paycheque (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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