unpaid

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ʌnˈpeɪd/ UK /ʌnˈpeɪd/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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adj
not yet paid; working without payment

She took an unpaid internship over the summer.

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Synonyms

1 adj · not yet paid; working... outstanding owing unsettled due voluntaryunsalaried

Opposites

paid settledsalariedremunerated

Word family

Related forms pay paid paymentunpay

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Phrases (1)

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unpaid bill
a bill that has not yet been paid

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From un- ('not') + paid, the past participle of pay, from Old French paier, from Latin pacare ('to appease, pacify'), from pax ('peace').

un- Old English pacare Latin pax Latin

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# unpaid

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ʌnˈpeɪd/
**IPA (UK):** /ʌnˈpeɪd/

## Meanings
1. not yet paid; working without payment

## Examples
- She took an unpaid internship over the summer.

## Synonyms
- outstanding
- owing
- unsettled
- due
- voluntary
- unsalaried

## Antonyms
- paid
- settled
- salaried
- remunerated

## Related Forms
- pay
- paid
- payment
- unpay

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: un-
- Root: pacare
- Root: pax

## Etymology
From un- ('not') + paid, the past participle of pay, from Old French paier, from Latin pacare ('to appease, pacify'), from pax ('peace').

## AI Etymology
Unpaid comes from un- ('not') + paid, the past participle of pay, from Old French paier, from Latin pacare ('to appease, pacify'), from pax ('peace'). The historical chain includes Old English un-, Latin pacare, and Latin pax. The quoted older senses, "not", "to appease, pacify", and "peace", supply the semantic anchors for unpaid. The formation is best read as compound, participial, and borrowed: the word unpaid carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a adj, "not yet paid; working without payment". Related English forms include pay, paid, payment, and unpay. The result is a adj whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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