payday
pronunciation
How to pronounce payday in British English:
UK [ˈpeɪdeɪ]
How to pronounce payday in American English:
US [ˈpeˌde]
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- Noun:
- the day on which you receive pay for your work
Word Origin
- payday (n.)
- also pay-day, 1520s, from pay (n.) + day.
Example
- 1. One very expensive route is payday loans .
- 2. Mr birkenfeld 's huge payday will also have a galvanising effect on would-be whistleblowers .
- 3. He sometimes relies on a sort of payday loan from his bank to pay his rent .
- 4. The centre estimates that payday loans cost americans $ 4.2 billion a year in interest and fees .
- 5. Or there is payday lending , where the borrower gives the creditor permission to take money straight from his next pay cheque .