PAYSLIP | Meaning In The Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of payslip in English payslipnoun [ C ] uk /ˈpeɪ.slɪp/ us /ˈpeɪ.slɪp/ Add to word list Add to word list a piece of paper given to someone who is employed to show how much money they have earned and how much tax has been taken off Bills & invoices

• billing
• bond
• charge
• charging
• chit
• claim form
• counterfoil
• invoice someone for something
• mischarge
• overbill
• passbook
• pro forma
• tab
• ticket
• ticketless
• till roll
• toll
• tolled
• unbilled
• water bill

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Earning money (Definition of payslip from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of payslip

payslip Women were targeted via their employers, and flyers were enclosed with their payslips alerting them to the changes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The contributions were put into two different columns on the payslip. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are looking at the present design of payslips to see whether it is possible to improve the information given. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unfortunately variations in the manufacture of the envelopes and in the guillotining of the payslips do on occasions give rise to the difficulties mentioned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That slip of paper could be enclosed with the payslip or sent out in any other way which suits the employer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When the employee asked for a payslip, she was told merely that everything was in order. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suggest that if payslips are wrong, that is part of the evidence that the absent parent will lead. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They cannot, for example, fill in forms, check payslips or give the correct change. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She told us that she was working, and, with great pride, showed us her payslip. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Millions are terrified that they may be just one payslip from redundancy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That amount will be shown on the employee's payslip. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So the payslip will include the deductions and the addition, and the pay going to the individual will be the sum total. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Pay, tax and net pay are shown on the payslip; then this benefit is added. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As at present, gross and net pay will appear on the payslip, as will deductions for national insurance, pensions and so on, together with the addition of the tax credit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I thought that a person's gross pay would be on the payslip, as would his or her tax contribution and net pay, and below that would be this benefit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of payslip?

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in Chinese (Traditional) 工資單，工資條… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 工资单，工资条… See more in Spanish recibo del sueldo… See more in Portuguese contracheque… See more Need a translator?

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