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paid 1  (pd)
v.
Past tense and past participle of pay1.

paid
Verb
1. past of pay
2. put paid to to end or destroy: a knee injury put paid to his promising sporting career
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.paid - marked by the reception of pay; "paid work"; "a paid official"; "a paid announcement"; "a paid check"
unpaid - not paid; "unpaid wages"; "an unpaid bill"
2.paid - involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby
professional - engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood; "the professional man or woman possesses distinctive qualifications"; "began her professional career after the Olympics"; "professional theater"; "professional football"; "a professional cook"; "professional actors and athletes"
3.paid - yielding a fair profit
profitable - yielding material gain or profit; "profitable speculation on the stock market"
Translations

paid [peɪd] pt, pp of pay
adj [work] → remunerado; [official] → asalariado;
to put paid to (BRIT) → acabar con
paid [peɪd] pt, pp of pay
adj [work, official] → rémunéré(e); [holiday] → payé(e);
to put paid to (Brit) → mettre fin à, mettre par terre
paid [peɪd] pt, pp of pay
adjbezahlt;
to put paid to (Brit) → zunichtemachen
paid [peɪd] pt, pp of pay
adj [work, official] → rimunerato/a;
to put paid to (BRIT) → mettere fine a

paid pay


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Three days after the manifesto of President Barbicane $4,000,000 were paid into the different towns of the Union.
Indeed, they were expected to do so, for in 1394 we find the Mayor of York ordering the craftsmen "to bring forth their pageants in order and course by good players, well arrayed and openly speaking, upon pain of losing of 100 shillings, to be paid to the chamber without any pardon.
But what is not common and not familiar (in my experience), is that all these fine things were not only ordered, but paid for.
 
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