paid

English

Alternative forms

• payed (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪd/

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• Rhymes: -eɪd
• Homophone: payed

Etymology 1

From pay +‎ -ed.

Verb

paid

1. simple past tense and past participle of pay

Derived terms

• better-paid (adjective)
• low-paid (adjective)

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• put paid to
• well-paid (adjective)

Etymology 2

From Middle English paid, payd, ipaid, ypayd, past participle of Middle English paien, payen (“to pay”), equivalent to pay +‎ -ed.

Adjective

paid (not comparable)

1. That is not free of charge; that costs money.

   Synonym: nonfree

   paid service

2. (slang) Rich, wealthy

Translations

not free of charge

• Bashkir: түләүле (tüläwle)
• Galician: de pago
• Russian: пла́тный (ru) (plátnyj)

Anagrams

• DIPA, PADI, apid, iPad

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Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *paita, from Proto-Germanic *paidō.

Noun

paid

1. shirt

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Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *paita, from Proto-Germanic *paidō.

Noun

paid

1. shirt

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pai̯d/

Verb

paid

1. (literary) third-person singular present indicative/future of peidio
2. (literary, colloquial) second-person singular imperative of peidio

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
paid	baid	mhaid	phaid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.