Something that's paid is done in exchange for money, or happens while you're receiving pay. For example, your job might offer paid vacation, when you get your usual pay but don't have to work.
Receiving pay; compensated; hired;
Adjective
marked by the reception of pay; "paid work"; "a paid official"; "a paid announcement"; "a paid check"
Adjective S.
involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby
Adjective S.
yielding a fair profit
imp., p. p., & a.
Receiving pay; compensated; hired; as, a paid
attorney.
imp., p. p., & a.
Satisfied; contented.
imp. & p. p.
of Pay
Paid
Receiving pay; compensated; hired;
Usage Examples
At an early age, I started my own paper route. Once I saw how you could service people and do a good job and get paid for it, I just wanted to be the best I could be in whatever I did.
An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.
Boys, they can't take my refrigerator now. They'll never get my car now. I paid cash for 'em and they're mine, and I'm keepin' 'em!
All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end and an alphabet at the other.
Before breaking into music, I had various jobs: forklift driver, driving a courier. But I was forced into working rather than doing it off my own bat because that was my dad's way: you got a job and paid your way.
A retired teacher paid $62,000 towards her pension and nothing, yes nothing, for full family medical, dental and vision coverage over her entire career. What will we pay her? $1.4 million in pension benefits and another $215,000 in health care benefit premiums over her lifetime.
And on a Canadian set, everybody is equal. You get paid the same. You live together in barracks. You have a communal kitchen. You buy and cook your own food.
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Other Usage ExamplesAfter failing four times and after working for other people and realizing that nobody paid attention to the food like they should have, we wanted to just pay attention to the food and service.
Every dollar I can't commit to my company that's paid in taxes is paying a government that I believe is too big and doing way too much that I don't want done.
A month before graduation I got an off-Broadway job. Then I did some commercials, including one for MCI. You can only see half of me, but it paid well. Thank God for commercials.
America's fighting men and women sacrifice much to ensure that our great nation stays free. We owe a debt of gratitude to the soldiers that have paid the ultimate price for this cause, as well as for those who are blessed enough to return from the battlefield unscathed.
Constant repetition of tongue-twisters was like lifting weights for me, but patience and persistence have paid off.
A man's ability to haggle is never a turn-on. The only thing less romantic than how much you paid is how much you saved. The last thing we want to hear is how you talked the jeweler down on our new earrings.
Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction and often the profit we derive, is not worth the price we paid.
As I understand it, sport is hard work for which you do not get paid.
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