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?
Recent Examples on the Web The Endeavor pay for Emanuel and Shapiro include their paydays at TKO Group Holdings, the owners of WWE and UFC, where his compensation package was valued at nearly $65 million last year. Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Apr. 2024 Sickening allegations have been made against me by individuals looking for a quick payday. Michael Saponara, Billboard, 25 Apr. 2024 In a town where the rich have legitimate fears of extortion, is this a case of a person seeking a payday? Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024 The heist has triggered rampant speculation among a public long infatuated with daring burglaries and hefty criminal paydays. Sean Murphy, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024 Orbach was also given profit participation as part of his deal, which turned out to be a bigger payday than anyone expected. EW.com, 30 Mar. 2024 Nearly two decades after Michigan lawmakers established regulations for payday lending, those calling for changes cast the industry as predatory, trapping borrowers in a perpetual cycle of debt. Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2024 The eye-popping number, in part, resulted from concerns that without giving Musk a big payday Tesla would have to actively compete with SpaceX and a bevy of his other companies for his limited time. Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024 McLaughlin largely attributed the increase in withholding collections to an extra Thursday payday. Michael R. Wickline, arkansasonline.com, 2 Apr. 2024

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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 2 May. 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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