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paid^¹

/peɪd/ US, UK
/pɛjd/ British, Southern, Standard
/pæɪd/ Australia, New Zealand
/ped/ Scotland
/peid/ Wales
/peɖ/ India, North
/pɛjɖ/ India, South
/pe(j)ɖ/ India, South

Sounds like payed · Rhymes with -eɪd

verb payed

participle, past simple past and past participle of pay

paid^²

/peɪd/ US, UK
/pɛjd/ British, Southern, Standard
/pæɪd/ Australia, New Zealand
/ped/ Scotland
/peid/ Wales
/peɖ/ India, North
/pɛjɖ/ India, South
/pe(j)ɖ/ India, South

Sounds like payed · Rhymes with -eɪd

Where it comes from

From Middle English paid, payd, ipaid, ypayd, past participle of Middle English paien, payen (“to pay”), equivalent to pay + -ed.

adjective payed

not comparable Not free of charge; costing money. paid service
Similar: nonfree, for-pay · Opposite: free, gratis
not comparable Receiving pay. paid worker
not comparable For which pay is given. paid holiday
not comparable, slang Having money (i.e. rich, wealthy, etc.). I thought his house would be nicer than this. I thought that motherf*cker was paid.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: stipendiary, profitable, freelance, salaried, paid-up, remunerative, compensable, professional, mercenary, postpaid, post-free, prepaid, gainful, square, cashed, nonrecreational

Translations

Every language

adj not free of charge

Español	de pago
हिन्दी	सशुल्क saśulk
Português	pago

adj receiving pay

Español	pagado, remunerado, con sueldo, salarial
Português	pago
Deutsch	bezahlt

adj for which pay is given

Español	pagado, remunerado, con sueldo, salarial
Português	pago
Deutsch	bezahlt

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@misc{paid_2026,
  title = {paid},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/paid},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}