 6 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
paid
adjective
1: marked by the reception of pay; "paid work"; "a paid
official"; "a paid announcement"; "a paid check" [ant:
{unpaid}]
2: involving gainful employment in something often done as a
hobby [syn: {nonrecreational}]
3: yielding a fair profit [syn: {gainful}, {paying}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
pay
noun: something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he
wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all
their earnings" [syn: {wage}, {earnings}, {remuneration},
{salary}]
verb
1: give money, usually in exchange for goods or services; "I
paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress,
please"
2: convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.;
bestow; "Don't pay him any mind"; "give the orders"; "Give
him my best regards"; "pay attention" [syn: {give}]
3: do or give something to somebody in return; "Does she pay
you for the work you are doing?" [syn: {pay off}, {make up},
{compensate}]
4: bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action;
"You'll pay for this!"; "She had to pay the penalty for
speaking out rashly"; "You'll pay for this opinion later"
5: cancel or discharge a debt; "pay up, please!" [syn: {pay up},
{ante up}] [ant: {default}]
6: bring in; "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this
savings certificate pay annually?" [syn: {yield}, {bear}]
7: render; "pay a visit"; "pay a call"
8: be worth it; "It pays to go through the trouble"
9: dedicate; "give thought to"; "give priority to"; "pay
attention to" [syn: {give}, {devote}]
10: discharge or settle; "pay a debt"; "pay an obligation"
11: make a compensation for; "a favor that cannot be paid back"
[also: {paid}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
paid
See {pay}
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Paid \Paid\, imp., p. p., & a. from {Pay}.
1. Receiving pay; compensated; hired; as, a paid attorney.
2. Satisfied; contented. [Obs.] ''Paid of his poverty.''
--Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pay \Pay\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Paid}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Paying}.] [OE. paien, F. payer, fr. L. pacare to pacify,
appease, fr. pax, pacis, peace. See {Peace}.]
1. To satisfy, or content; specifically, to satisfy (another
person) for service rendered, property delivered, etc.; to
discharge one's obligation to; to make due return to; to
compensate; to remunerate; to recompense; to requite; as,
to pay workmen or servants.
May no penny ale them pay [i. e., satisfy]. --P.
Plowman.
[She] pays me with disdain. --Dryden.
2. Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite
according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or
retaliate upon.
For which, or pay me quickly, or I'll pay you. --B.
Jonson.
3. To discharge, as a debt, demand, or obligation, by giving
or doing what is due or required; to deliver the amount or
value of to the person to whom it is owing; to discharge a
debt by delivering (money owed). ''Pay me that thou
owest.'' --Matt. xviii. 28.
Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
--Matt. xviii.
26.
If they pay this tax, they starve. --Tennyson.
4. To discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render
duty, as that which has been promised.
This day have I paid my vows. --Prov. vii.
14.
5. To give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to
pay attention; to pay a visit.
Not paying me a welcome. --Shak.
{To pay off}.
(a) To make compensation to and discharge; as, to pay off
the crew of a ship.
(b) To allow (a thread, cord, etc.) to run off; to unwind.
{To pay one's duty}, to render homage, as to a sovereign or
other superior.
{To pay out} (Naut.), to pass out; hence, to slacken; to
allow to run out; as, to pay out more cable. See under
{Cable}.
{To pay the piper}, to bear the cost, expense, or trouble.
[Colloq.]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, waged
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