Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - pay cheque

(pay cheques) Note: in AM, use 'paycheck' Your pay cheque is a piece of paper that your employer gives you as your wages or salary, and which you can then cash at a bank. You can also use pay cheque as a way of referring to your wages or salary. They’ve worked for about two weeks without a paycheck. N-COUNT: oft poss N