Payday is the day your wages arrive — the day the money from work actually lands. For some people it is every Friday. For others it is every two weeks, or once a month, on a set date.

Payday Payday(發薪日) is the day your wages arrive是你的薪水到帳的那一天——the day the money from work actually lands就是工作賺的錢真正入帳的那一天。For some people對某些人來說 it它 is every Friday是每個星期五。For others對其他人來說 it它 is every two weeks, or once a month, on a set date是每兩週一次，或每個月固定一天一次。

It is a very ordinary, slightly happy word: people plan rent, bills, and a nicer meal around it. Informal, used by everyone who gets paid, not a technical office term.

It它 is a very ordinary, slightly happy word是個非常平常、帶點開心感覺的詞：people人們 plan rent, bills, and a nicer meal around it會圍繞著它安排房租、帳單、和一頓比較豐盛的飯。Informal這是個非正式用詞，used by everyone who gets paid任何領薪水的人都會用，not a technical office term不是什麼專業的公司術語。

Though actually it has a shadow. A payday loan is a small, often very expensive loan that you promise to repay on payday; that phrase is common in English news and it is not a kind word. Payday itself is still clean and everyday.

Though actually不過事實上 it它 has a shadow也有陰暗的一面。A payday loan一種payday loan(發薪日貸款) is a small, often very expensive loan是一種小額、常常利息很高的貸款，that you promise to repay on payday你答應在發薪日還清；that phrase這個說法 is common in English news常出現在英語新聞裡，and而 it is not a kind word不是個好聽的詞。Payday itself Payday本身 is still clean and everyday依然乾淨、日常。

Older factory talk made it sound like a single weekly event; office life has stretched it to whatever day the transfer comes.

Older factory talk早期工廠裡的說法 made it sound like a single weekly event讓它聽起來像是每週一次的固定事件；office life辦公室生活 has stretched it to whatever day the transfer comes則把它延伸成不論轉帳是哪一天都算。