pay stub
noun
variants
or less commonly paystub
plural pay stubs also paystubs
US
: a piece of paper or a digital record that is given to an employee with each paycheck and that shows the amount of money that the employee earned and the amount that was removed for taxes, insurance costs, etc.
When a student gets their first job, one thing they need to learn early on is how to read and understand their pay stub …—
The Newberry (South Carolina) Observer
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The applicant can provide a pay stub, or a letter of employment.
—Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
In most states, your birth certificate and your Social Security card (or, in some cases, just the number), plus a bill and a pay stub, could satisfy requirements.
—Addy Bink, The Hill, 16 Mar. 2025
There are a plethora of documents and transactions to keep track of without neat reports like a pay stub or W-2 received by an employee.
—Vlad Rusz, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
The program requires applicants to provide paperwork that verifies their work status, including pay stubs and tax documents.
—Margaret Coker, ProPublica, 19 Feb. 2025
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Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
In most states, your birth certificate and your Social Security card (or, in some cases, just the number), plus a bill and a pay stub, could satisfy requirements.
—Addy Bink, The Hill, 16 Mar. 2025
There are a plethora of documents and transactions to keep track of without neat reports like a pay stub or W-2 received by an employee.
—Vlad Rusz, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
The program requires applicants to provide paperwork that verifies their work status, including pay stubs and tax documents.
—Margaret Coker, ProPublica, 19 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pay stub
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“Pay stub.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay%20stub. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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