The advertising campaign must have cost them a packet.
»He dropped out of university but now he's making a packet in banking.
Financial and business terms. 2012.
packet — pack‧et [ˈpækt] noun [countable] 1. a small container, usually made of paper, with a set of things in it ; = PACK: • United Biscuits produces 5 billion packets a year. packet of • Supermarkets withdrew thousands of packets of chocolates after… … Financial and business terms
pay packet — ˈpay ˌpacket also ˈpay ˌenvelope , ˈwage ˌpacket noun [countable] 1. an envelope containing a worker s pay and a pay slip: • Workers earning £150 a week or more will receive just over £5 extra in their weekly pay packets. 2 … Financial and business terms
pay envelope — ˈpay ˌenvelope noun [countable] another name for pay packet * * * pay envelope UK US noun [C] US ► HR PAY PACKET(Cf. ↑pay packet) … Financial and business terms
pay packet — pay packets 1) N COUNT: oft poss N Your pay packet is the envelope containing your wages, which your employer gives you at the end of every week. [BRIT] (in AM, use pay envelope) 2) N COUNT: oft poss N You can refer to someone s wages or salary… … English dictionary
pay packet — pay .packet n BrE 1.) the amount of money someone earns 2.) an envelope containing someone s wages … Dictionary of contemporary English
pay cheque — UK US UK (US paycheck) noun [C] (UK also pay packet, US also payroll check) FINANCE ► HR a cheque that you are given by your employer as your pay: »She hopes that when she receives her first pay cheque she will be able to repay the money she… … Financial and business terms
pay envelope — pay envelopes N COUNT: oft poss N Your pay envelope is the envelope containing your wages, which your employer gives you at the end of every week. [AM] (in BRIT, use pay packet) … English dictionary
pay envelope — pay packet, package containing employees salary … English contemporary dictionary
pay packet — noun wages enclosed in an envelope for distribution to the wage earner • Syn: ↑pay envelope • Hypernyms: ↑wage, ↑pay, ↑earnings, ↑remuneration, ↑salary * * * noun, pl ⋯ ets [count] Brit … Useful english dictionary
pay envelope — noun wages enclosed in an envelope for distribution to the wage earner • Syn: ↑pay packet • Hypernyms: ↑wage, ↑pay, ↑earnings, ↑remuneration, ↑salary * * * noun, pl ⋯ lopes [count] US … Useful english dictionary
