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# payslip

noun (a payslip, payslips) — US pay stub

«payslip» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/payslip/#x1)
- The payslip showed tax taken off her wages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/payslip/#x2)
- The bank asked for three payslips. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/payslip/#x4)
- Dad's first payslip from his new job made him smile. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/payslip/#x5)
- In America it's called a pay stub. [tree →](https://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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «payslip» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/payslip/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«payslip» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/payslip.html) on Mova free.