adj, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of pay form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   That is not free of charge; that costs money. not-comparable

   "paid service"

2. 2
   Having money (i.e. rich, wealthy, etc.). not-comparable, slang

   "I thought his house would be nicer than this. I thought that motherf*cker was paid."

Adjective

1. 1
   marked by the reception of pay wordnet
2. 2
   involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby wordnet
3. 3
   yielding a fair profit wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

postpaidacquittedbroke offcashedcharteredcompensated

Antonyms

All antonyms

dueservantfreegratis

Example

More examples

"You'll be paid according to the amount of work you do."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From pay + -ed.

Etymology 2

From Middle English paid, payd, ipaid, ypayd, past participle of Middle English paien, payen (“to pay”), equivalent to pay + -ed.

Related phrases

all expenses paidall-expenses-paidbest-paidbetter-paidbought and paid forhigh-paidlow-paidlowest-paidpaid uppaid-inpaid-uppost-paid

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