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Meaning of pay packet | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A sealed envelope containing a person's wages.
  2. The amount a person earns from employment.
    broadly, idiomatic

Equivalents

Suomi palkkapussi
Polski wypłata

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

pay per play pay pig pay piggy pay raise pay rise pay scale

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