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Examples of payday in a Sentence
Is this Friday a payday?
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Woodruff is still a Brewer, but only after a major shoulder injury denied him his big free agent payday.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
That deal involved a $2 million payday for Liefeld for the purchase price, according to multiple sources.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
Mulvaney and Kraninger also throttled back the CFPB’s regulatory agenda, including a controversial rule that would have upended the payday loan industry.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 9 Dec. 2024
Revenue data is not public, but historically, in the tribal lending model of payday lending, these outsiders have taken the lion’s share of the profits, according to lawsuits.
—Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 6 Dec. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1529, in the meaning defined above
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“Payday.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/payday. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
payday
noun
pay·day
ˈpā-ˌdā
: a regular day on which wages are paid
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