"pay day" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pay days [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pay day (plural pay days)
  1. The day of the week/month etc. when wages are issued. Synonyms: payday Translations (the day of the week/month etc. when wages are received): salajrotago (Esperanto), palkkapäivä (Finnish), Zahltag [masculine] (German), lønningsdag [masculine] (Norwegian)
    Sense id: en-pay_day-en-noun-IZLcOkMi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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