paid

[peyd]

verb

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

paid

/ peɪd /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of pay 1

2. to end or destroy

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

Other Word Forms

• nonpaid adjective
• self-paid adjective
• unpaid adjective
• well-paid adjective

Idioms and Phrases

see under pay.

Example Sentences

When we paid one last visit to the fair in September, with children back at school, Coney Beach felt emptier.

From BBC

“This would be another blow for people with already high rates and low benefits — added on top of their claims not being paid.”

From Los Angeles Times

He said he was paid for six years of his 35-year-long career as a retained firefighter.

From BBC

Baroness Mone said that a share of that sum was paid into a trust in the Isle of Man, of which she and her children are beneficiaries, and so potentially stand to receive the money.

From BBC

The Times investigation found seven plaintiffs who said they were paid by “recruiters” for a law firm outside a county social services office in South Central Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• compensated www.thesaurus.com
• salaried