The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pay \Pay\, n.
Satisfaction; content.
--Chaucer.-
An equivalent or return for money due, goods purchased, or services performed; salary or wages for work or service; compensation; recompense; payment; hire; as, the pay of a clerk; the pay of a soldier.
Where only merit constant pay receives.
--Pope.There is neither pay nor plunder to be got.
--L'Estrange.Full pay, the whole amount of wages or salary; maximum pay; especially, the highest pay or allowance to civil or military officers of a certain rank, without deductions.
Half pay. See under Half.
Pay day, the day of settlement of accounts.
Pay dirt (Mining), earth which yields a profit to the miner. [Western U.S.]
Pay office, a place where payment is made.
Pay roll, a roll or list of persons entitled to payment, with the amounts due.
Wiktionary
n. The day of the week/month etc. when wages are issued.
Wikipedia
A pay day or payday is a specified day when one is paid, usually workers collecting wages from their employers.
Pay Day, PayDay or Payday may also refer to:
Pay Day is a board game originally made by Parker Brothers (now a subsidiary of Hasbro) in 1975. It was invented by Paul J. Gruen of West Newbury, Massachusetts, United States, one of the era's top board game designers. It was Gruen's most successful game, outselling Monopoly in its first production year. Pay Day is currently marketed by Winning Moves.
Pay Day (1922) is an American short film made by First National Pictures. Charlie Chaplin wrote, directed, and starred in the film. It is Chaplin's final two-reel short film.
Usage examples of "pay day".
You weren't at the Library, and Miss Larsen said, pay day, weather, and all, I'd find you here.
In this worthy project they received much cooperation from the plant personnel themselves, each of whom was receiving from twice to ten times as much money each pay day as he had ever received in any other job, and none of whom was certain of living long enough to justify saving for old age.