payday

payday
/pay"day'/, n.
1. the day on which wages are given, payment is made, etc.
2. Informal. a day or period during which a great deal of money, success, fame, etc., is won or obtained: Payday came when she was given a screen test by a big Hollywood studio.
[1520-30; PAY1 + DAY]

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