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单词 payday
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paydayn.

Brit. /ˈpeɪ deɪ/, U.S. /ˈpeɪ ˌdeɪ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pay n., day n.
Etymology: < pay n. + day n.
1.
a. A day on which payment is made; esp. a specified day, usually each week or month, on which wages or benefits are regularly paid.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > particular time > [noun] > an appointed or fixed time, day, or date > for something spec.
payday1529
settling day1806
cocktail hour1893
happy hour1914
airdate1950
Holy Hour1953
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > paying (money) for labour or service > [noun] > time of payment
payday1529
pay night1792
1529 J. Whalley in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. II. 162 The next pay day the whiche shalbe apon Satterdaye come senyght.
1579 L. Digges & T. Digges Stratioticos 134 He ought also at the pay day to conferre with the Maister of the Ordinaunce, to see whether he haue any Bils from the Captains or Colonels.
1671 J. Baltharpe Straights Voy. 83 'Tis for Pay-day, that now they drink.
1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Third 32 Our Day of Dissolution?—Name it right; 'Tis our great Pay-day.
1782 F. Burney Cecilia II. iii. iii. 38 As soon as I receive my own money, I generally pay it away every shilling: and so borrow what I want till pay day comes round again.
1846 P. N. Barbour Jrnl. 17 Apr. (1936) 39 Saw some Mexican Officers pretty tight this afternoon. Understand it is payday with them.
1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset I. xv. 122 He had..been known to be without a shilling for the last week before pay-day.
1944 D. Thomas Let. in Sel. Lett. (1966) 262 I'll be up in London..always on payday Fridays.
1993 J. Lowe Which? Guide to Pensions (ed. 2) xvii. 242 The pay day for weekly retirement pensions is usually Monday.
b. Stock Market. The day on which a transfer of stock has to be paid for.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > stock exchange accounting period > settlement > settlement day
calends1644
settling day1806
account day1815
accounting day1832
payday1858
settlement day1896
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products 379/1 Ticket-day, the day before the settling or pay-day on the Stock Exchange, when the names of bona-fide purchasers are rendered in by one stockbroker to another.
1899 Daily News 27 Feb. 6/4 On the Saturday following a Stock Exchange pay-day.
1914 Econ. Jrnl. 24 471 July 29th, the day after Austria had declared war against Servia, was pay-day on the Stock Exchange.
1968 Times 9 Oct. 24/3 If the buyer needs his money before pay-day he can sell the paper in a market operated by a group of discount houses.
2.
a. Nautical. Wages; the amount paid to a person on pay-day. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > sailor's pay
portage1847
payday1906
1906 T. Beyer Amer. Battleship 244 I'm going out with a pay-day this time, as I'm stowing it away on edges in the ship's bank.
1915 D. W. Bone Broken Stowage 239 We had fondly hoped to be strutting on Liverpool streets with our women folk, a twelve-months' ‘pay day’ in our pockets.
1922 E. O'Neill Anna Christie (1923) ii. 60 'Tis no more drinking and roving about I'd be doing then, but giving my pay-day into her hand and staying at home with her as meek as a lamb.
1932 J. W. Harris Days of Endeavour 20 The Bos'n, his fat pay-day having dwindled away..had sailed.
b. A large financial reward, a windfall; spec. an amount of money won, or available to be won, in a sporting contest.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [noun] > prize > sum of money
purse1724
prize money1754
payday1970
1970 Times 10 Dec. 5/4 Both boxers were assured of a big payday for their night's work.
1980 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 22 Sept. c14/1 The victory was worth $34,000... It was the biggest pay day for Miss Jaeger since she turned pro last January.
1993 Guardian 17 Sept. ii. 8/3 Rave culture takes black musical forms, bleaches them white, and denies the black pioneers a payday.
1997 Sporting Life 15 Feb. 46/4 [Sheffield] Wednesday are generally available at evens which..resembles an insult to them and a hefty payday for their backers.

Compounds

payday lender n. chiefly U.S. a person who or business which offers pay day loans.
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1969 Ada (Okla.) Evening News 2 Mar. 1/4 The pay-day lender is the most vicious kind... They charge 200 to 300 per cent interest.
2010 J. R. Boatright Finance Ethics 290 People go to payday lenders because it is cheaper than having a bank account and paying overdraft fees.
payday loan n. chiefly U.S. a type of small, short-term loan at a high rate of interest, typically used by borrowers to cover expenses while awaiting their next wages.
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1937 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 29 Dec. 24 b/3 The small quick payday loan to carry you over to next payday.
2006 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 2 July 30 Pay day loans are often, tragically, a means of survival for those on low incomes faced with an urgent need.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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