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 big business of Trump's deportation plan The companies quietly running the federal government’s immigration detention and deportation system are anticipating a potentially massive payday should Donald Trump return to the White House. Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024 Less than a year later, in October, Sweeney nabbed a $7.5 million payday to star in The Housemaid, a Lionsgate thriller that will also star Amanda Seyfried and be directed by Paul Feig, multiple sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024 However, Lewis Millstone did option The Twelve Chairs and paid them $600 to write a treatment for the movie (an amount of money that was paltry compared to many Hollywood writers’ paydays but princely compared to the Soviet Union). Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024 The big paydays that I was used to just weren’t coming around anymore. Zack Sharf, Variety, 16 Oct. 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 15 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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