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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When the current staff of 14,000 air traffic controllers looked at their bank accounts on payday this week, there was nothing deposited. Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025 Fokina’s run to the 2021 French Open quarterfinals was also lucrative, earning him his first big payday of $311,000. Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 29 Oct. 2025 That payday comes just a few weeks after his former Gophers teammate Jackson LaCombe signed the largest extension in Anaheim Ducks history, $9 million a season for the next eight years. Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 29 Oct. 2025 Parlays stack multiple bets together for a bigger payday, only if all of them are successful, and online sportsbooks now offer same-game parlays, which mainly combine individual player props. Danny Funt, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for payday

Word History

First Known Use

1529, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 31 Oct. 2025.

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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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