Other forms: paydays
Payday is the day on which wages are handed over. On payday, the Friday payday, wait until payday.
The rhythm of it shapes a household budget, and shops near a factory can tell when payday falls by the takings. A payday loan is short-term credit at very high interest meant to bridge the gap, and it is heavily regulated for that reason.
1nounpaydayThe day on which wages are handed over.
“I'm broke until payday, so I can't come out tonight.”
payday is a day.
Simply pay plus day, recorded from the sixteenth century. Pay comes from Latin pacare, to appease or settle.
From pay + day.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA