Idioms

paycheck

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above (one's) paycheck

Beyond one's level of authority or expertise. I would love to sign off on those documents for you, Jim, but that's above my paycheck. Gina can't decide if we get interns this summer or not—that's above her paycheck! He had some great ideas about how to run the company, but contributing such things was above his paycheck.
See also: above, paycheck

live paycheck to paycheck

To spend all of the money one earns by or before the next time one is paid, thus saving none or very little in the process. Primarily heard in US. We're already living paycheck to paycheck, so I don't know how we'll manage this sudden increase in our rent.
See also: live, paycheck, to
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American Payroll Association (APA) has announced it urges those who receive paychecks to turn to their payroll department to tap into the power their paychecks, the company said.
And even though we're more than halfway through the year, it's still a perfect time to do a paycheck checkup.
Trump, when justifying the shutdown, has frequently maintained, without providing evidence, that federal workers support the need for a border wall even if it means going without a paycheck.
Small to mid-size companies can now calculate taxes, print paychecks, generate reports and print tax forms in-house.
"You are not homeless due to the loss of a paycheck. You are homeless because of trauma, mental illness, addiction, criminal behavior and a lifetime of bad choices.
Under a bill approved by the NH Senate, employers would no longer be required to offer paychecks to their employees but could pay them electronically or with a debit card instead.
"On the day of the fair, students get a paycheck based on a career that they select,'' explained Laura Spear, of the Rotary Club of Nashoba Valley.
But most men dealing with the child support system are not the paycheck eater.
The other is a "paycheck protection" measure that would ban the practice of unions' deducting money from member paychecks to spend on political activism.
He asks that anyone who has an overdue paycheck to call administration.
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