Pay check 工资支票
An official form issued by a company which can be cashed at designated financial institutions.
公司签发的、能够在指定金融机构兑现的支票
Pay stub工资存根
Basically a receipt for record-keeping. Identifies all of the items and amounts used in calculating the final amount of the pay check.存档的收据。用来核算签发的支票金额和应付的相关项目金额。
Pay period工资周期
The time covered between pay checks. Can be daily (rare), weekly,monthly, bi-weekly (every 2 weeks), or bi-monthly (twice a month, usually in the middle and end of the month).两次发工资间隔的时间。可以是每天(极少)，每周，每月，双周，半月(每月两次，通常在月中和月末，bi-monthly本意是双月的意思，而实际上是指一月两次，人们将错就错)。
Pay rate工资标准
An agreed amount that the company pays per unit of time worked or unit of work done.公司按双方商定的支付标准，以计时或计件的'方式支付员工工资。
Gross总额
The base employee income for a specified period, based on pay rate. Can be:根据一定的工资标准，员工在一定时期内的基本收入可以是：
Salary (a fixed amount, daily/weekly/monthly, which is adjusted
based on number of days worked/not worked)薪水(每日/每周/每月固定的数额，根据工作日数作调整)
Wage (an hourly rate adjusted for the number of hours worked)时薪(根据工作时数作调整的每小时工资标准)
Piece (a certain amount for each unit of work done)计件工资(对每件完成的工作支付的金额)
The gross income can also be adjusted for items such as commissions and bonuses.
工资总额还可以根据佣金和奖金作调整。