paid B1 Topic:Money & Finance US /peɪd/ See IPA manual Freq #812 Meanings 1 adj Receiving money for work done. She finally found a well-paid job in the city. 2 adj That you must pay money for; not free. The website offers both free and paid services. 3 adj For which you receive money even though you are not working. All employees get four weeks of paid holiday each year. 4 verb Past tense and past participle of pay. I paid the bill as soon as it arrived. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 adj · that you must pay money... for-paynonfree Common collocations paid work Adjective + noun paid leave Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English paid, payd, ipaid, ypayd, past participle of Middle English paien, payen (“to pay”), equivalent to pay + -ed. paid Middle English paien Middle English View etymology graph -> Topics Money & Finance External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # paid **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** adj, verb **IPA (US):** /peɪd/ **Frequency rank:** 812 ## Meanings 1. Receiving money for work done. 2. That you must pay money for; not free. 3. For which you receive money even though you are not working. 4. Past tense and past participle of pay. ## Examples - She finally found a well-paid job in the city. - The website offers both free and paid services. - All employees get four weeks of paid holiday each year. - I paid the bill as soon as it arrived. ## Roots and Affixes - Root: paid - Root: paien ## Etymology From Middle English paid, payd, ipaid, ypayd, past participle of Middle English paien, payen (“to pay”), equivalent to pay + -ed. ## AI Etymology Paid comes from Middle English paid, payd, ipaid, ypayd, past participle of Middle English paien, payen (“to pay”), equivalent to pay + -ed. The historical chain includes Middle English paid and Middle English paien. Modern senses include receiving money for work done and that you must pay money for; not free. ## Topics - Money & Finance markdown