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Definition of paid

(Entry 1 of 2)

past tense and past participle of pay

paid

adjective

Definition of paid (Entry 2 of 2)

1 : marked by the receipt of pay paid vacation time

2 : being or having been paid or paid for a paid official a paid political announcement

Examples of paid in a Sentence

Adjective She is one of the few paid public officials in a town run mostly by volunteers. She was given a paid day off to deal with some personal matters.

Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective Are employers trending toward providing more paid holidays or vacation days for employees? — Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 19 Apr. 2021 Oregon is among the easiest, if not the easiest, places in the nation to vote, given our vote-by-mail system, pre-paid postage and automatic voter registration. — oregonlive, 13 Aug. 2021 Once business owners enroll at USPSConnect.com, packages with pre-paid postage can be taken to the back dock of select postal facilities. — Alexandra Skores, Dallas News, 19 July 2021 Smith, who got to drive home with a 24-month, pre-paid lease on a new Lexus ES 350, heard her name drawn during United Way of Broward County’s MISSION UNITED volunteer appreciation event. — Brett Shweky, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Apr. 2021 Insure the pre-paid and non-refundable parts of your vacation under trip cancellation insurance. — Erica Lamberg, Robb Report, 26 June 2021 Since May 3, the city of Detroit has offered a $50 pre-paid debit card to Good Neighbor drivers who pre-register to bring a Detroiter to his or her first-dose vaccination. — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2021 According to an eMarketer estimate, 67.9% of U.S. marketers will use influencer marketing for paid or unpaid campaigns this year. — Dave Platter, Forbes, 7 June 2021 Republicans also have sought to ban pre-paid postage on return envelopes for absentee ballots. — Fredreka Schouten, CNN, 16 May 2021

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