"payday" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpeɪdeɪ/ Forms: paydays [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪdeɪ Etymology: pay + day Etymology templates: {{compound|en|pay|day}} pay + day Head templates: {{en-noun}} payday (plural paydays)
  1. The day of the week or month, or the specific day, on which an employee's wages or salary is paid. Categories (topical): Money Synonyms: pay day Derived forms: payday loan Translations (day on which an employee's salary is paid): աշխատավարձի օր (ašxatavarji ōr) (Armenian), 出糧日 (Chinese Cantonese), 出粮日 (ceot¹ loeng⁴ jat⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 發薪日 (Chinese Mandarin), 发薪日 (fāxīnrì) (Chinese Mandarin), lønningsdag (Danish), salajrotago (Esperanto), palkkapäivä (Finnish), jour de paye [masculine] (French), Zahltag [masculine] (German), ημέρα πληρωμής (iméra pliromís) [feminine] (Greek), ថ្ងៃបើកប្រាក់ (thngay-baəkprak) (Khmer), dzień wypłaty [masculine] (Polish), dia de pagamento [masculine] (Portuguese), día de pago (Spanish), avlöningsdag (Swedish), lönedag [common-gender] (Swedish), maaş günü (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "day on which an employee's salary is paid",
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      "sense": "day on which an employee's salary is paid",
      "word": "día de pago"
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      "sense": "day on which an employee's salary is paid",
      "word": "avlöningsdag"
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      "sense": "day on which an employee's salary is paid",
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