Paycheck is an English word with synonyms like check or cheque. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Paycheck meaning
A periodic payment, usually in the form of a paper check, received by an employee from an employer for work performed.
Using Paycheck
- The main meaning on this page is: A periodic payment, usually in the form of a paper check, received by an employee from an employer for work performed.
- Useful related words include: payroll check, check, bank check, cheque.
- In the example corpus, paycheck often appears in combinations such as: paycheck protection, the paycheck, paycheck to.
Context around Paycheck
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 7 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Paycheck
- In this selection, "paycheck" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, living, live, working, fearing and economically stand out and add context to how "paycheck" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include paycheck to paycheck and are living paycheck to paycheck. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "paycheck" sits close to words such as aligns, appellate and bhutan, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with paycheck
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It's expensive to be poor and live paycheck to paycheck. (11 words)
Too many of us are struggling to pay the bills and are living paycheck to paycheck. (16 words)
About 40 percent of the population lives paycheck to paycheck, which makes retirement more than difficult. (16 words)
Many white Americans in the bottom half are barely holding on — working paycheck to paycheck, fearing they could fall backward at any time, frustrated that their children aren’t doing better than they did at a comparable age. (38 words)
Americans consistently vote against any policy that might prevent our money from ending up in the pockets of the same two dozen assholes who are already richer than god, so now an estimated are living paycheck to paycheck. (38 words)
But whether you live paycheck to paycheck or God has blessed you tremendously in your finances, generosity is the key to living as though all we own is His, and He has entrusted us to manage it. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Many white Americans in the bottom half are barely holding on — working paycheck to paycheck, fearing they could fall backward at any time, frustrated that their children aren’t doing better than they did at a comparable age.
They want to stop living paycheck to paycheck but are making minimum wage and can’t see a way past that.
Americans consistently vote against any policy that might prevent our money from ending up in the pockets of the same two dozen assholes who are already richer than god, so now an estimated are living paycheck to paycheck.
A new new NewsNation/Decision Desk HQ poll finds 58% of registered voters say they are living paycheck to paycheck.
It's expensive to be poor and live paycheck to paycheck.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is catching heat from both sides of the political spectrum after a comment about his 90-year-old mother living paycheck to paycheck on Social Security sparked outrage.
Too many of us are struggling to pay the bills and are living paycheck to paycheck.
Already living paycheck to paycheck in low-income and minority communities, these workers will struggle to survive without intervention.
In this clip, TK Kirkland discussed professional athletes living paycheck-to-paycheck and how several NFL players have gotten arrested in some of the most outrageous situations.
Living paycheck to paycheck is a fairly common practice, no matter the profession with very few exceptions being made.
The fact that everyone has an iPhone creates an illusion of utopia, but most Americans live with scarcity – if not in downright poverty – from paycheck to paycheck, with no savings, health insurance or pension plans.
The family was already living from paycheck to paycheck, and the unemployment benefits will be less than what he was making.
What I do know is that even when I had very little, I was always trying to position myself economically so that I wasn’t living paycheck to paycheck and spending carelessly.
What’s more, because so many tourism jobs have been lost, it affected large numbers of people already living paycheck to paycheck – economically vulnerable individuals and families.
While the majority of the country, Main Street, live paycheck to paycheck - if they haven't already lost their jobs.
About 40 percent of the population lives paycheck to paycheck, which makes retirement more than difficult.
But whether you live paycheck to paycheck or God has blessed you tremendously in your finances, generosity is the key to living as though all we own is His, and He has entrusted us to manage it.
It’s not just because of the financial hardships that are involved with losing one’s job, although 78% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
It was paycheck-to-paycheck but she kept her kids together and a roof over their heads.
Like many Americans living paycheck-to-paycheck, the typical Coast Guardsman cannot afford to miss a payday.
Common combinations with paycheck
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- paycheck protection 84×
- the paycheck 52×
- paycheck to 23×
- to paycheck 19×
- living paycheck 11×
- your paycheck 10×
- paycheck and 9×
- for paycheck 6×
- his paycheck 6×
- paycheck or 5×