paid

1 of 2

past tense and past participle of pay

paid

2 of 2

adjective

1
: marked by the receipt of pay
paid vacation time
2
: being or having been paid or paid for
a paid official
a paid political announcement

Examples of paid in a Sentence

Adjective She is one of the few paid public officials in a town run mostly by volunteers. She was given a paid day off to deal with some personal matters.
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
Within 12 months, marketing can build a creative message, look and feel and promote it via paid and social media. Misty Dykema, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024 Designer uses OpenAI’s DALL-E 3 model to generate content, and the paid Copilot Pro version creates widescreen images with far more detail than the free version. Tom Warren, The Verge, 21 Feb. 2024 The city voted in March to make Juneteenth a paid holiday, commemorating the emancipation of slaves in the United States. Jerry Wu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2023 The posts aren't tagged as a paid partnership, so…what gives? Kardashian and Balenciaga go way back. Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 20 Feb. 2024 The company said such behavior by paid creators is rare. David Ingram, NBC News, 18 Feb. 2024 One of first Sacramento State buildings on the new campus will be the Placer County Forensic Sciences Laboratory, where students can take classes and participate in paid internships, Sacramento State officials announced on Feb. 1. Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 14 Feb. 2024 Admission for kids is free in October with a paid adult. Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2023 In addition, ‘Splatoon 3: Expansion Pass – Side Order,’ the second wave of paid add-on content for ‘Splatoon 3,’ is scheduled to arrive in February. Jennifer Maas, Variety, 6 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1817, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of paid was in 1817

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“Paid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paid. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

paid

1 of 2

past and past participle of pay

paid

2 of 2 adjective
: being or having been paid or paid for
a paid political announcement

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