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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, adjective

Words nearby paid

pahoehoe, pahouin, pahsien, pai-hua, pai-loo, paid, paid-in, paid-in surplus, paid-up, paido-, paige

Example sentences from the Web for well-paid

The legal gymnastics necessary to create such impenetrable networks is a testament to the ingenuity of well-paid attorneys.

Consultants Are Cashing In On Campaigns’ Dark New Economics |Robert Maguire |February 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Life as James Bond or a character from an Alan Furst novel seems racy and well-paid.

The Spy Who Tricked Hitler: The Story of Double Agent Juan Pujol and D-Day |Stephan Talty |July 11, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The effect is multiplied when these well-paid teachers spend that money at community businesses.

How Women (and Men) Can Have It All—Now |Elizabeth Gregory |June 27, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
They reveal as well an even larger class of well-paid, engaging, and dynamic jobs.

Jobs Report Shows Unemployment Steady, but There’s Underlying Trouble |Zachary Karabell |March 9, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

You're well-paid, you run a multinational corporation… and that's the suit you like.

Book of Mormon's Magnificent Costumes |Isabel Wilkinson |April 15, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
The laborer may be led to despise his well-paid tasks and yearn for their ease, and thus become indolent.

Usury |Calvin Elliott
We found for him a good position and he became a trusted and well-paid employee.

After Prison - What? |Maud Ballington Booth
Such an association requires a board of directors, a treasurer, and an active and well-paid manager.

Apple Growing |M. C. Burritt
The infidel's sneering references to well-paid ministers could have no application whatever to him.

Notes on the Book of Deuteronomy, Volume II |Charles Henry Mackintosh
Pleasant, well-paid situations abounded in the stores and wholesale houses.

The Bartlett Mystery |Louis Tracy

British Dictionary definitions for well-paid (1 of 2)

well-paid

adjective (well paid when postpositive)

receiving or involving good remuneration

British Dictionary definitions for well-paid (2 of 2)

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

Idioms and Phrases with well-paid

paid

see under pay.