Definition of payday
: a regular day on which wages are paid
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Examples of payday in a Sentence
Is this Friday a payday?
Recent Examples of payday from the Web
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But under Mulvaney, the bureau has rolled back a number of Obama-era regulations and has taken an approach more friendly to banks and payday lenders.
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Under Mulvaney, the bureau has taken a much more industry-friendly approach to banks, credit card companies and payday lenders.
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Some private equity firms have bought up payday lenders.
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Low-income households are the most likely to manage their money by using financial services outside of the traditional banking system — turning to check cashing stores and payday lenders.
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The pattern, however, has drawn attention from a watchdog group — Campaign for Accountability, whose other recent targets include payday lenders, pregnancy crisis centers, rooftop solar providers, various Republican politicians and Google.
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Representatives from Koch Industries, big tobacco, payday lenders and the NRA.
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The internet is teeming with similar offers from websites that sell weight-loss pills and protein powders, as well as payday lenders and companies that pay cash for gold.
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Last week, the consumer bureau joined with payday lenders in asking a court to delay a lawsuit that challenges tougher regulations the federal watchdog enacted on the short-term, small-dollar loan industry during the Obama administration.
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First Known Use of payday
1529
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Definition of payday for English Language Learners
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: the day when you are regularly paid your wages
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