paid
[ peyd ]
/ peɪd /
verb
a simple past tense and past participle of pay1.
OTHER WORDS FROM paid
non·paid, adjective self-paid, adjective un·paid, adjective well-paid, adjectiveWords nearby paid
Definition for paid (2 of 3)
Origin of pay
1
1150–1200; Middle English
payen < Old French
paier < Medieval Latin
pācāre to satisfy, settle (a debt), Latin: to pacify (by force of arms). See
peace
SYNONYMS FOR pay
19
remuneration,
emolument,
fee,
honorarium,
income,
allowance.
Pay,
wage or
wages,
salary,
stipend are terms for amounts of money or equivalent benefits, usually given at a regular rate or at regular intervals, in return for services.
Pay is the general term:
His pay went up every year.
Wage usually designates the pay given at an hourly, daily, or weekly rate, often for manual or semiskilled work;
wages usually means the cumulative amount paid at regular intervals for such work:
an hourly wage; weekly wages.
Salary designates a fixed, periodic payment for regular work or services, usually computed on a monthly or yearly basis:
an annual salary paid in twelve equal monthly installments.
Stipend designates a periodic payment, either as a professional salary or, more commonly, as a salary in return for special services or as a grant in support of creative or scholarly work:
an annual stipend for work as a consultant; a stipend to cover living expenses.
Definition for paid (3 of 3)
pay
2
[ pey ]
/ peɪ /
verb (used with object), payed, pay·ing. Nautical.
to coat or cover (seams, a ship's bottom, etc.) with pitch, tar, or the like.
Origin of pay
2
1620–30; < Middle French
peier, Old French < Latin
picāre to smear with pitch, derivative of
pix (stem
pic-)
pitch2
Example sentences from the Web for paid
British Dictionary definitions for paid (1 of 3)
paid
/ (peɪd) /
verb
the past tense and past participle of pay 1
put paid to mainly British and NZ
to end or destroy
breaking his leg put paid to his hopes of running in the Olympics
British Dictionary definitions for paid (2 of 3)
pay
1
/ (peɪ) /
verb pays, paying or paid
noun
Word Origin for pay
C12: from Old French
payer, from Latin
pācāre to appease (a creditor), from
pāx
peace
British Dictionary definitions for paid (3 of 3)
pay
2
/ (peɪ) /
verb pays, paying or payed
(tr) nautical
to caulk (the seams of a wooden vessel) with pitch or tar
Word Origin for pay
C17: from Old French
peier, from Latin
picāre, from
pix pitch
Idioms and Phrases with paid (1 of 2)
paid
see under pay.
Idioms and Phrases with paid (2 of 2)
pay