单词 | payday |
释义 | payday (once / 14592 pages) n When you have a job, your payday is the day you get paid. You might wait to buy yourself a new outfit until after payday. Some jobs have a weekly payday — maybe Fridays are payday at the ice cream shop where you work. In other cases, you have to wait two weeks, or even a month, between paydays. You can also use payday to mean a sudden success or influx of money, either earned or won: "That movie brought a huge payday to its producers." Since 1932, there's also been a peanut and nougat-based candy bar called PayDay. WORD FAMILYpayday: paydays USAGE EXAMPLESCase in point is the onslaught against payday lenders, and a lawsuit presents an opportunity to expose an extralegal cross-agency campaign. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) Payday lenders offer small loans, usually for just a few hundred dollars, and expect repayment once borrowers get their next paycheck. Los Angeles Times(Dec 23, 2016) A payday loan, or a cash advance, is typically $500 or less. Washington Times(Dec 23, 2016) n the day on which you receive pay for your work Hyper day a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance |
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