payday

noun

pay·​day ˈpā-ˌdā How to pronounce payday (audio)
: a regular day on which wages are paid

Examples of payday in a Sentence

Is this Friday a payday?
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The event drew more than 108 million viewers and garnered Tyson and Paul massive paydays. Brian Mazique, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024 The advertisements, typically nestled inside popular magazines and supermarket tabloids, tended to address readers with the smarmy cadence of a door-to-door salesman, hinting at the possibility of a big payday. Luke Savage, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024 The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has targeted tips charged by companies that typically partner with employers to give workers access to money prior to payday. Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024 Because of these verbal agreements and players and/or agents falsifying documents in search of paydays that can pull families out of economic hardship, the international amateur market is often viewed as a wild West of sorts. Jeff Sanders, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for payday 

Word History

First Known Use

1529, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of payday was in 1529

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“Payday.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/payday. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.

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payday

noun
pay·​day ˈpā-ˌdā How to pronounce payday (audio)
: a regular day on which wages are paid

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