paid

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Receiving money for work done.

   She finally found a well-paid job in the city.

2. 2
   adj

   That you must pay money for; not free.

   The website offers both free and paid services.

3. 3
   adj

   For which you receive money even though you are not working.

   All employees get four weeks of paid holiday each year.

4. 4
   verb

   Past tense and past participle of pay.

   I paid the bill as soon as it arrived.

Common collocations

• paid work Adjective + noun
• paid leave Adjective + noun

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

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