paid
Verb
Verb Forms: pay, pays, paying, paid
- The past tense and past participle form of 'to pay'.
- give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
- "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"
- convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow
- cancel or discharge a debt
- bring in
- do or give something to somebody in return
- dedicate
- be worth it
- render
- bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action
- make a compensation for
- "a favor that cannot be paid back"
- discharge or settle
- simple past and past participle of pay
Adjective
- marked by the reception of pay
- "paid work"
- "a paid official"
- "a paid announcement"
- "a paid check"
Adjective Satellite
- involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby
- yielding a fair profit
Adj
- That is not free of charge; that costs money.
- Having money (i.e. rich, wealthy, etc.).
Examples
- After successfully challenging that made-up word, the opponent PAID the penalty of a lost turn.
- I thought his house would be nicer than this. I thought that motherf*cker was paid.
Origin / Etymology
From pay + -ed.
Synonyms
ante up, bear, compensate, devote, gainful, give, make up, nonrecreational, pay, pay off, pay up, paying, yield, for-pay, nonfree
Scrabble Score: 7
paid: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordpaid: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
paid: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary