释义
[ pey -dey ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈpeɪˌdeɪ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun the day on which wages are given, payment is made, etc.
Informal . a day or period during which a great deal of money, success, fame, etc., is won or obtained: Payday came when she was given a screen test by a big Hollywood studio.
Origin of payday First recorded in 1520–30; pay1 + day
Words nearby payday pay bed, paybox, pay cable, paycheck, pay court to, payday , payday lender, pay dirt, pay dirt, hit, pay down, PAYE
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Example sentences from the Web for payday It was a Friday—payday —and for many employees, it would be their last day.
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“Right now, I just came out of a hearing on payday lending,” Warren told me.
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How to avoid borrowing lots of money at high interest rates (e.g. credit cards and payday loans).
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Wells has angered consumer advocates by offering its own payday product carrying a triple-digit interest rate.
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Dustin McDaniel braced himself for a fight but, within the year, the last of the payday stores had shuttered their doors.
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The first stone was so big that working at full speed, every time it turned around once it was payday .
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The summary court officer had had his hands full since payday .
A Soldier's Trial | Charles King
Sunday, December 15th, was payday for the soldiers in Blancheville.
The Delta of the Triple Elevens | William Elmer Bachman
But right now he was going to need money for the week end; payday was another week away.
All Day Wednesday | Richard Olin
On the afternoon of his first payday , he sat in a "table stakes" game of stud and a run of luck netted him seven hundred dollars.
Snowdrift | James B. Hendryx
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British Dictionary definitions for payday noun the day on which wages or salaries are paid
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