paid

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

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.

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2 adj · that you must pay money... for-paynonfree

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paid work
employment for which one receives money

Adjective + noun
paid leave
authorized absence from work during which one continues to receive salary

Adjective + noun
paid dearly
paid a high price for something

Verb + adverb
paid off
produced a useful or successful result

Verb + adverb

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put paid to
to bring something, especially a plan or hope, to a definite end

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Worry is interest paid on trouble before it is due

Etymology

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

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# 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
- Describing Qualities

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