Household income

thumb|300px|Leaving some change on the restaurant table is one way of giving a gratuity to the restaurant staff.

thumb|right|An example of a payslip from the John Lewis Partnership, showing gross salary, tax and [[National Insurance paid and yearly bonus entitlement, among other things]] A paycheck, paycheque, or pay cheque is traditionally a paper document (cheque) issued by an employer to pay employees for services rendered. In recent times, the physical paycheck has been increasingly replaced by electronic direct deposits to the employee's designated bank account or loaded onto a payroll card. Employees may still receive a pay slip to detail the calculations of the final payment amount.

An honorarium is an ex gratia payment, i.e., a payment made, without the giver recognizing themself as having any liability or legal obligation to the recipient for their volunteered services, or for services for which fees are not traditionally required. It is a common remuneration practice in schools or sports clubs, for teachers and coaches. Another example includes the payment to guest speakers at a conference meeting to cover their travel, accommodation, or preparation time. Services for funerals and/or memorial services are often paid by honorarium, as the clergy and other people such as

total personal income minus current income taxes

money allotted at regular intervals

economic theory that one’s consumption at some time is determined not just by current income but also by expected income in future years (“permanent income“)

income adjusted for inflation

economy-wide wage and price controls

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unusually high financial gain that is sudden and/or unexpected

A stipend is a regular fixed sum of money paid for services or to defray expenses, such as for scholarship, internship, or apprenticeship. It is often distinct from an income or a salary because it does not necessarily represent payment for work performed; instead it represents a payment that enables somebody to be exempt partly or wholly from waged or salaried employment in order to undertake a role that is normally unpaid or voluntary, or which cannot be measured in terms of a task (e.g. members of the clergy). A paid judge in an English or Welsh magistrates' court was formerly termed a "sti

government payment to parents of a newborn baby or adopted child