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

paid 2  (pd)
v. Nautical
A past tense and a past participle of pay2.

paid [peɪd]
vb
1. the past tense and past participle of pay1
put paid to Chiefly Brit and NZ to end or destroy breaking his leg put paid to his hopes of running in the Olympics
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"

paid
adjective salaried, waged, rewarded, remunerated a well-paid accountant
Translations
paid [peɪd]
A. PT & PP of pay
B. ADJ
1. [official] → asalariado, que recibe un sueldo; [work] → remunerado, rentado(S. Cone); [bill, holiday etc] → pagado
a paid hackun escritorzuelo a sueldo
2. to put paid to sth (Brit) → acabar con or poner fin a algo

paid [ˈpeɪd]
pt
pp of pay
adj
[work] → rémunéré(e); [staff] → rémunéré(e)
[holiday] → payé(e)
3 weeks' paid holiday → trois semaines de congés payés
to put paid to sth (mainly British)mettre fin à qch
paid-up [ˌpeɪdˈʌp] adj
[member] → cotisant(e)
Over three million people in Britain are paid-up members of conservation groups → Plus de trois millions de personnes en Grande-Bretagne sont membres cotisants d'une association de protection de la nature.
[shares] → libéré(e)
paid-up capital → capital versé

paid pret, ptp of pay
adj
official, workbezahlt; a highly paid jobein hoch bezahlter Posten; a highly paid managerein hoch bezahlter Manager, eine hoch bezahlte Managerin; paid leavebezahlter Urlaub
(esp Brit) to put paid to somethingetw zunichtemachen; that’s put paid to my weekenddamit ist mein Wochenende geplatzt or gestorben (inf); that’s put paid to himdamit ist für ihn der Ofen aus (inf), → das wars dann wohl für ihn (inf)
n the low/well paiddie Gering-/Gutverdienenden pl

paid [peɪd]
1. pt, pp of pay
2. adj (work, official) → rimunerato/a
to put paid to sth (ruin) → metter fine a qc

paid pay
paid مسدد placený betalt bezahlt πληρωμένος remunerado maksettu payé plaćen pagato 支払い済みの 유급인 betaald betalt opłacony pago оплаченный betald ได้จ่ายแล้ว ücretli đã được thanh toán 领工资的


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