the day on which you get your wages or salary 发工资日◆Friday is payday. 星期五是发工资日。
() () a way of referring to an amount of money, especially money that can be won in a contest 一笔钱（尤指比赛奖金）◆The way to get the biggest payday is to sell the business by auction. 获得一次性最大收益的办法就是拍卖公司。