payday
pay·day / ˈpāˌdā/ • n. a day on which someone is paid or expects to be paid their wages. ∎ inf. money or success won or earned: his two seasons in Dallas helped him land his first huge payday in the NFL when he signed with the Cardinals.
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Rations. Wage payments in the Old Kingdom (circa 2675-2130 b.c.e.) are known from the Abu Sir Papyri written during that period. In the…
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