paid

[ peyd ]
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verb
  1. a simple past tense and past participle of pay1.

Other words from paid

  • non·paid, adjective
  • self-paid, adjective
  • un·paid, adjective
  • well-paid, adjective

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How to use paid in a sentence

  • With which self-paid compliment he turned the corner, smiling.

    London's Heart | B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon

British Dictionary definitions for paid

paid

/ (peɪd) /


verb
  1. the past tense and past participle of pay 1

  2. put paid to mainly British and NZ to end or destroy: breaking his leg put paid to his hopes of running in the Olympics

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Other Idioms and Phrases with paid

paid

see under pay.

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