paid

/peɪd/

verbadjectivepaid

Think: you PAID with an A—"pAid"—because you gave money away.

Yes, it's paid. Remember the long A sound /eɪ/: p + ai + d (not "payed").

Definitions

  1. verbpast tense and past participle of pay; gave money for something or gave someone money owed.
  2. adjectivereceiving money for work; compensated (e.g., a paid position).

Examples

  • “I paid for the tickets online.”
  • “She finally paid her library fine.”
  • “He took a paid internship over the summer.”

Synonyms

compensatedremuneratedreimbursedsettleddisbursed

Antonyms

unpaidowed

Translations

ES pagadoPT pagoFR payé

Common misspellings

payedpaiedpaedpaydpaidepayiedpáidpaíd

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