Definition
to dock (one's pay): to remove part of, to reduce (one's salary)
Your pay will be docked for every day you arrive late. We will reduce your salary by $5 for each day you did not arrive on time.
Your allowance will be docked until you clean up your room, Charlie!
Note that dock also means "marina", "harbor", or "jetty":
Sitting on the dock of the bay... (Otis Reading song)
to dock (a ship): to arrive at a port (in a ship)
The captain showed me how to dock the ship correctly. He taught me how to enter the marina safely.
- "If you do consent to this scheduled time, be aware that your pay will be docked for the duration of the meeting."
- "As an incentive for attendance, anyone who isn't present at the seminar will be docked on their next paycheck."
- "Bruno has asked me to inform you, however, that your pay will be docked for missing a day of work, as you did not mention Thursday in your initial request for time-off."
- "We don't want to have to dock your pay when you're so gravely ill."
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