pay packet

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pay packet

noun pay packets

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.
broadly, idiomatic The amount a person earns from employment.

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@misc{pay_packet_2026,
  title = {pay packet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pay%20packet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}