Paid

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Paid \Paid\, imp., p. p., & a. from {Pay}.
     1. Receiving pay; compensated; hired; as, a paid attorney.
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     2. Satisfied; contented. [Obs.] "Paid of his poverty."
        --Chaucer.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pay \Pay\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paid} (p[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Paying}.] [OE. paien, F. payer, fr. L. pacare to pacify,
     appease, fr. pax, pacis, peace. See {Peace}.]
     1. To satisfy, or content; specifically, to satisfy (another
        person) for service rendered, property delivered, etc.; to
        discharge one's obligation to; to make due return to; to
        compensate; to remunerate; to recompense; to requite; as,
        to pay workmen or servants.
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              May no penny ale them pay [i. e., satisfy]. --P.
                                                    Plowman.
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              [She] pays me with disdain.           --Dryden.
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     2. Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite
        according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or
        retaliate upon.
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              For which, or pay me quickly, or I'll pay you. --B.
                                                    Jonson.
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     3. To discharge, as a debt, demand, or obligation, by giving
        or doing what is due or required; to deliver the amount or
        value of to the person to whom it is owing; to discharge a
        debt by delivering (money owed). "Pay me that thou owest."
        --Matt. xviii. 28.
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              Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
                                                    --Matt. xviii.
                                                    26.
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              If they pay this tax, they starve.    --Tennyson.
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     4. To discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render
        duty, as that which has been promised.
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              This day have I paid my vows.         --Prov. vii.
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     5. To give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to
        pay attention; to pay a visit.
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              Not paying me a welcome.              --Shak.
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     {To pay off}.
        (a) To make compensation to and discharge; as, to pay off
            the crew of a ship.
        (b) To allow (a thread, cord, etc.) to run off; to unwind.
        (c) to bribe.
  
     {To pay one's duty}, to render homage, as to a sovereign or
        other superior.
  
     {To pay out} (Naut.), to pass out; hence, to slacken; to
        allow to run out; as, to pay out more cable. See under
        {Cable}.
  
     {To pay the piper}, to bear the cost, expense, or trouble.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  paid
       adj 1: marked by the reception of pay; "paid work"; "a paid
              official"; "a paid announcement"; "a paid check" [ant:
               {unpaid}]
       2: involving gainful employment in something often done as a
          hobby [syn: {nonrecreational}]
       3: yielding a fair profit [syn: {gainful}, {paying}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pay
       n : something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he
           wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all
           their earnings" [syn: {wage}, {earnings}, {remuneration},
            {salary}]
       v 1: give money, usually in exchange for goods or services; "I
            paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress,
            please"
       2: convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.;
          bestow; "Don't pay him any mind"; "give the orders"; "Give
          him my best regards"; "pay attention" [syn: {give}]
       3: do or give something to somebody in return; "Does she pay
          you for the work you are doing?" [syn: {pay off}, {make up},
           {compensate}]
       4: bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action;
          "You'll pay for this!"; "She had to pay the penalty for
          speaking out rashly"; "You'll pay for this opinion later"
       5: cancel or discharge a debt; "pay up, please!" [syn: {pay up},
           {ante up}] [ant: {default}]
       6: bring in; "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this
          savings certificate pay annually?" [syn: {yield}, {bear}]
       7: render; "pay a visit"; "pay a call"
       8: be worth it; "It pays to go through the trouble"
       9: dedicate; "give thought to"; "give priority to"; "pay
          attention to" [syn: {give}, {devote}]
       10: discharge or settle; "pay a debt"; "pay an obligation"
       11: make a compensation for; "a favor that cannot be paid back"
       [also: {paid}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  paid
       See {pay}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "paid":
     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