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payday

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈpeɪdeɪ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪdeɪ
  • CMU ARPABET: P EY1 D EY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The day of the week or month, or the specific day, on which an employee's wages or salary is paid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the day on which you receive pay for your work

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: day

History

Etymology

From pay + day.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: աշխատավարձի օր (ašxatavarji ōr) — day on which an employee's salary is paid
  • Chinese Cantonese: 出糧日 /出粮日 (ceot1 loeng4 jat6) — day on which an employee's salary is paid
  • Chinese Mandarin: 發薪日 /发薪日 (fāxīnrì) — day on which an employee's salary is paid
  • Danish: lønningsdag — day on which an employee's salary is paid
  • Esperanto: salajrotago — day on which an employee's salary is paid
  • Estonian: palgapäev — day on which an employee's salary is paid
  • Finnish: palkkapäivä — day on which an employee's salary is paid
  • French: jour de paye — day on which an employee's salary is paid
  • German: Zahltag — day on which an employee's salary is paid
  • Greek: ημέρα πληρωμής (iméra pliromís) — day on which an employee's salary is paid
  • Khmer: ថ្ងៃបើកប្រាក់ (thngay-baəkprak) — day on which an employee's salary is paid
  • Norwegian: lønningsdag — day on which an employee's salary is paid
  • Polish: dzień wypłaty — day on which an employee's salary is paid
  • Portuguese: dia de pagamento — day on which an employee's salary is paid
  • Spanish: día de pago — day on which an employee's salary is paid
  • Spanish: recompensa — day on which an employee's salary is paid
  • Swedish: avlöningsdag — day on which an employee's salary is paid
  • Swedish: lönedag — day on which an employee's salary is paid
  • Turkish: maaş günü — day on which an employee's salary is paid