pay packet



pay packet

1. Literally, an envelope or small parcel containing an employee's earnings. Primarily heard in UK. Back when I started working here, before online banking and direct debit, everyone got their pay packet put in their hand at the end of each week.
2. By extension, a person's salary or rate of pay from an employer. Primarily heard in UK. The public outcry has been immense over revelations of the charity CEO's outrageous annual pay packet.
See also: packet, pay

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Marguerite[.ma:gə'ri:t]
Paulien-Dutch
Mirela-Romanian, Croatian
Oluchi-Western African, Igbo
Timo (1)TEE-moFinnish, German, Dutch
Archimedes[a:ki'mi:di:z]