paid

Word family

x-refthe past tense and past participle of pay pay的过去式和过去分词

→ put paid to something at put(15)

Examples from the Corpus

paid• It is not known whether the fine was eventually paid.• Where applicable, a London Weighting Allowance of £1702, £1012 or £160 p.a. will also be paid.• They paid a lot of money for me to come here.• The fees would be paid direct to institutions on students' behalf by local education authorities.• Some grants are paid directly to the developer; others are paid to the local authority or other public body.• Most people want to be paid in a valuable, stable currency that is a sound store of wealth.• The gambles very often paid off.• Since you do not accept paid tobacco advertisements, why did you allow this one?

From Longman Business Dictionary

paidpaid /peɪd/ adjectiveadj

1paid work is work which you receive money for

It will become increasingly difficult for those over retirement age to obtain any paid work with which to supplement their pension.

2HUMAN RESOURCESa paid worker receives money for the work which he or she does

75 percent of all paid employees work in firms with less than 100 workers.

3TAXif a tax, bill etc is paid, a payment has been made for the money that was owed

Unless the bottles are stamped ‘duty paid’, the wine cannot be sold.

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