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Discover LudwigThe phrase "wage packet" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to the total amount of money a person receives for working, usually received in physical form, such as a check or envelope. Example: After working overtime for the past month, John was pleased to receive a larger wage packet than usual.
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And my wage packet had to be closed.
Your wage packet shows how much you're being paid to cooperate.
If I don't work overtime, my rent takes up 50% of my wage packet".
For many people these jobs are not top-up money; it's their wage packet".
These bonuses could be almost half of an employee's wage packet.
Today, he's getting animated about his and Salty's forthcoming gig, and the dog's wage packet.
Their squad includes a number of players who have picked up a wage packet for playing the game they love.
Essentially, our societies are about trying to add that little bit extra on top of the wage packet".
Even though most salaries are now paid electronically, the idea of the "wage packet" retains its grip on our imagination.
This is because people's living standards depend on the amount of goods and services they consume, rather than the number of dollars in their wage packet.
Even on the unrealistic assumption that this is fairly shared, it will only add €4.50 ($6.10) to the average European weekly wage packet.
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