payday

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the day on which a worker receives their pay

the day on which employees receive their pay

the day on which workers receive their pay, usually every week or month:

He wrote a cheque postdated to his next payday.

Payday is on Friday.

Friday is payday.

an amount of money that a person or a company receives:

The company's former chief financial officer also enjoyed a big payday as his total compensation jumped to $11.7 million.