[, ]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。