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Meaning of PAID

Pronunciation:  peyd

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  marked by the reception of pay; "paid work"; "a paid official"; "a paid announcement"; "a paid check"
  2. [adj]  involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby
  3. [adj]  yielding a fair profit
 
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 Synonyms: cashed, compensable, compensated, freelance(a), gainful, mercenary(a), nonrecreational, paid-up, paying, paying(a), post-free, postpaid, prepaid, professional, profitable, remunerated, remunerative, reply-paid, salaried, square(p), stipendiary
 
 Antonyms: unpaid
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Paid\, imp., p. p., & a. of {Pay}.
1. Receiving pay; compensated; hired; as, a paid attorney.
2. Satisfied; contented. [Obs.] ``Paid of his poverty.''
   --Chaucer.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: 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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