Other forms: paychecks
A paycheck is the money, or the piece of paper for it, you receive on payday. A monthly paycheck, live paycheck to paycheck, a bigger paycheck.
This is the American spelling; British English says pay cheque or, more often, wages and salary. Living paycheck to paycheck means having nothing left before the next one, and it is a standard measure of financial stress.
1nounpaycheckThe money received for work on payday.
“Most of my paycheck goes on rent and bills.”
paycheck is a payment.
Also accepted in games: payslip
From pay + check.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA