paid

[ peyd ]

verb

1. a simple past tense and past participle of pay ¹.

paid

/ peɪd /

verb

1. See pay
   the past tense and past participle of pay 1
2. put paid to
   put paid to to end or destroy

   breaking his leg put paid to his hopes of running in the Olympics

Other Words From

• non·paid adjective
• self-paid adjective
• un·paid adjective
• well-paid adjective

Idioms and Phrases

see under pay .

Example Sentences

It may be fun and it may get them paid, until oversaturation ruins our sense for irony and destroys the market for it.

From The Daily Beast

Their three-day scientific outing was paid for by Epstein and was big success.

From The Daily Beast

Certainly paid paternity leave is part of it (and in the U.S., we need paid maternity and paternity leave).

From The Daily Beast

Is there any chance the potential 2016 hopeful will stand up to the right and embrace paid sick leave?

From The Daily Beast

Maybe cyclists have always been riding around, but I just never paid them any attention.

From The Daily Beast

The little crowd and the boats on the beach were right under them and no one paid any attention or seemed to be in a hurry.

From Project Gutenberg

M'Bongo, the great chief of this neighbourhood, paid a ceremonial visit to my husband.

From Project Gutenberg

Young Lamb has already paid several visits to Mr. Levison's little table.

From Project Gutenberg

The charges in general are quite reasonable, though I have paid one or two absurd bills.

From Project Gutenberg

If the high wage is paid and the short hours are granted, then the price of the thing made, so it seems, rises higher still.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• compensated
• salaried