One of my most successful promotions was a letter accompanied by a pay envelope. The letter simply asked, "What would happen if this pay envelope stopped coming in?" It worked pretty well because we sell an intangible product.

I did keep that first pay envelope for some time as a souvenir but it soon became sepia-tinted.

'A compliance statement is required in each of the Trusts' annual accounts to confirm that pay uplifts for this group of staff have been accommodated within the pay envelope.'

What we want to see, and what we expect to see if we live out our allotted years, is the country equivalent of the big city pay envelope. When the American standard of living prevails in agriculture, the hired man will get his decent wage and the farmer will be able to pay it.

And Milken's pay envelope contained 545.4- million more than the combined 1987 salaries of the chairs of I.T.T., I.B.M.

CM Punk's octagon debut may not have gone the way he planned, but he still collected a hefty pay envelope in the process.