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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.
cop a packet
to become badly injured; to be wounded severely. (Originally military.) My uncle copped a packet in Normandy. If you want to cop a packet or worse, just stand up in that shallow trench, son.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Jules (2) | | JOOLZ | English |
HalİDe | | - | Turkish |
Ahura Mazda | | ə-HUWR-ə MAZ-də (English) | Persian Mythology |
Augustine (2) | | o-goos-TEEN (French), ow-guws-TEE-nə (German) | French, German |
Rosalie | | ro-za-LEE (French), RO-zə-lee (English) | French, German, Dutch, English |
Noak | | - | Swedish |