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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/payslip/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/payslip/#x1)
- The payslip showed tax taken off her wages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/payslip/#x2)
- The bank asked for three payslips. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/payslip/#x3)
- Gross pay 2,000 minus deductions 400 gives net pay 1,600 on the payslip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/payslip/#x4)
- Dad's first payslip from his new job made him smile. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/payslip/#x5)
- In America it's called a pay stub. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/payslip/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/9/)
- [A payslip is a paper or screen showing what you earned and what was taken off.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/20-wages-salary-and-where-family-money-comes-from/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «payslip» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/payslip/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.