Idiom
pay packet
Meaning
The amount a person earns from employment.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He was happy to see a raise in his pay packet.”
“After working extra hours all month, she was disappointed to find that her pay packet was smaller than expected.”
“The union representatives argued that the current pay packet failed to keep pace with the rising cost of living in the city.”
Examples
simple
“He was happy to see a raise in his pay packet.”
contextual
“After working extra hours all month, she was disappointed to find that her pay packet was smaller than expected.”
complex
“The union representatives argued that the current pay packet failed to keep pace with the rising cost of living in the city.”
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