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paid (root: pay)
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective paid has 3 senses
- paid(a = adj.all) Array - marked by the reception of pay; "paid work"; "a paid official"; "a paid announcement"; "a paid check" Antonym: unpaid
- paid(s = adj.all) nonrecreational - involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby; Array
- paid(s = adj.all) gainful, paying - yielding a fair profit; Array
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paid, imp., p. p., & a.
- Receiving pay; compensated; hired; as, a paid attorney. [1913 Webster]
- Satisfied; contented. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
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paid
acquitted, chartered, discharged, employed, expended, hired, hireling, leased, let, liquidated, mercenary, paid in full, postpaid, prepaid, receipted, remitted, rented, salaried, settled, spent, subleased, sublet, wagedROGET THESAURUS
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Payment
N payment, defrayment, discharge, acquittance, quittance, settlement, clearance, liquidation, satisfaction, reckoning, arrangement, acknowledgment, release, receipt, receipt in full, receipt in full of all demands, voucher, salary, compensation, remuneration (reward), repayment, reimbursement, retribution, pay, money paid, ready money, stake, remittance, installment, payer, liquidator, pay cash, pay cash on the barrelhead, paying, paid, owing nothing, out of debt, all straight, unowed, never indebted, to the tune of, on the nail, money down.
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