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paid

  • adjective
  • pād

Not free of charge; costing money.

Example

“paid service”

Other meanings

  1. For which pay is given.

    “paid holiday”

  2. Having money (i.e. rich, wealthy, etc.).

Example sentences

  • “I was being paid to say that.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
  • “You paid for it.”

    Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0

Word history

From Middle English "paien".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “paid” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.