paid
adjective
- (of a debt/monetary sum) discharged due to a receipt of money
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /peɪd/ / /pæɪd/ / /ped/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English paid, payd, ipaid, ypayd, past participle of Middle English paien, payen (“to pay”), equivalent to pay + -ed.
- Not free of charge; costing money.
“paid service”
- Receiving pay.
“paid worker”
- For which pay is given.
“paid holiday”
- Having money (i.e. rich, wealthy, etc.).
“I thought his house would be nicer than this. I thought that motherf*cker was paid.”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree English pay English -ed English paid From pay + -ed.
- simple past and past participle of pay