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paid

adjective

  1. (of a debt/monetary sum) discharged due to a receipt of money
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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.

  1. Not free of charge; costing money.

    paid service

  2. Receiving pay.

    paid worker

  3. For which pay is given.

    paid holiday

  4. 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.

  1. simple past and past participle of pay