1
as in compensated
to give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received
we need to pay the cashier and then we can leave
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2
as in met
to give what is owed for
you ought to pay that bill before it's overdue
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3
as in spent
to hand over or use up in payment
rock fans were willing to pay enormous sums to get into the concert
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5
as in hired
to provide with a paying job
pay someone to mow the lawn for the summer
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Recent Examples of paid
Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
As with paid family leave, the result is an increasingly divergent patchwork of sick leave policies for multi-state employers to navigate.
—Michelle Travis, Forbes.com, 14 Jan. 2026
Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 20 Mar. 2026
After all, if you’re not getting paid, neither are your bills.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 20 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
And not a paid editor and no, not a writing professor or anything Netflix documentary-ish.
—Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
As with paid family leave, the result is an increasingly divergent patchwork of sick leave policies for multi-state employers to navigate.
—Michelle Travis, Forbes.com, 14 Jan. 2026
Verb
Similarly, the money that paid for cell phone minutes so clinic employees could call patients and remind them about upcoming appointments and medication refills has dried up.
—Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 20 Mar. 2026
After all, if you’re not getting paid, neither are your bills.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 20 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paid
Adjective
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This will overcome the main challenge of firing expensive missile interceptors to knock out these threats; the economics don’t add up.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Mar. 2026
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The newest residents of some of the city’s most expensive real estate pitched their shelters in the shadow of the port where, in 2020, a massive blast rocked most of Beirut, killing hundreds and destroying a chunk of the capital.—
Joseph Ataman,
CNN Money,
21 Mar. 2026
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Monitoring betting across different NCAA tiers is harder than in the NBA or NFL, athletes aren’t compensated nearly as much and there’s different types of social pressure that come with betting on college athletes.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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McClatchy is compensated as a part of our syndication partnership with TMX.—
Tracy Yochum,
Miami Herald,
17 Mar. 2026
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Sofia is the film director Sofia Coppola, who’s been one of Jacobs’s close friends since the two met, in the early nineties, toward the end of his time at Perry Ellis.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026
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More than 1,000 Lebanese have died since militant group Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel over the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and was met with a blistering response that caused more than 700,000 to flee their homes.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
21 Mar. 2026
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In Yunnan, Hyland spent much of her time around Dali, a once-small mountain town that has cycled through various incarnations through the years.—
Peter Hessler,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026
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For much of the season’s first three months, the 30-year-old Dane spent time flanking Sebastian Aho on the top line or teamed up with second-year forwards Logan Stankoven and Jackson Blake.—
Cory Lavalette,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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His two-decade-plus partnership with trainer Mike Mancias has yielded a stretch of greatness at the top of the league that’s never been matched.—
Dan Woike,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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In 2025, after four years of work, the process yielded a flexible house that now serves both as a hospitality space for Scribe Winery events and a guest retreat for extended family.—
Leonora Epstein,
Architectural Digest,
19 Mar. 2026
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When Schertz was hired away from Indiana State by Saint Louis after that season, Avila followed the coach to the Atlantic 10.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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Sources have told the Miami Herald that Cantens has been hired as FIU’s new men’s basketball coach.—
Walter Villa,
Miami Herald,
21 Mar. 2026
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Sunday is expected to be consistently hot, , with day temperatures reaching as high as 95 degrees, according to the weather service’s forecast.—
Suryatapa Chakraborty,
Dallas Morning News,
21 Mar. 2026
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Instead, temperatures have been so warm that precipitation has fallen as rain, rather than snow, even at higher elevations.—
Mira Rojanasakul,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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In January, the commissioners approved spending $55 million for land acquisition for replace the aging jail, which would later be reimbursed to the county through issuance of bonds.—
Tracey McManus,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Mullin said local governments would be reimbursed for confining suspects.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Paid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paid. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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