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.

See also: packet, pay

See also:

parcel (something) up
parcel up
a pinch and a punch for the first of the month
care package
literally
come to (one's) ears
come to/reach somebody's ears
S.W.A.K.
wage
freeze wages

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