payslip

«payslip» in Mova's school dictionary: a paper or digital note that an employer gives a worker… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a payslip, payslips) — US pay stub

meaning for a pupil

(money) A payslip is a paper or digital note that an employer gives a worker with their pay, showing how much they earned and what was taken off for tax and other things. tree →

sense in the lessons

In adult life a payslip shows gross pay (before deductions), tax, national insurance or similar, pension, and net pay (take-home pay). Banks ask for payslips before giving a mortgage. In maths lessons pupils may work out net pay: gross pay minus deductions. Phrases: monthly payslip, check your payslip, gross and net pay on a payslip.

examples

• Mum checked her payslip to see if her overtime was paid. tree →
• The payslip showed tax taken off her wages. tree →
• The bank asked for three payslips. tree →
• Gross pay 2,000 minus deductions 400 gives net pay 1,600 on the payslip. tree →
• Dad's first payslip from his new job made him smile. tree →
• In America it's called a pay stub. tree →

note

One word (payslip); also written pay slip. Countable. Maths: net pay = gross pay − deductions. US/Canada: pay stub.

In the corpora

• A payslip shows what you earned and what was taken off, such as tax and pension, before the rest reached your bank.
• A payslip is a paper or screen showing what you earned and what was taken off.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «payslip» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.