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adjective

Definition of paidnext
as in expensive

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verb

past tense of pay
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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as in met
to give what is owed for you ought to pay that bill before it's overdue

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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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as in yielded
to produce as revenue an investment paying six percent

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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
Adjective
The Ambassador Premier program is a pre-paid, automatic replenishing program. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
Common Cause, Robert Hunter, Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ and Empire State 32BJ SEIU PAC filed suit to halt the spots, arguing that the ads were overtly political yet were paid for with taxpayer funds. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2026 DiCaprio and his father paid their own way to Australia, where the actor spent two weeks workshopping with Luhrmann. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for paid
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paid
  1. expensive
  2. compensated
  3. met
  4. spent
  5. yielded
  6. hired
  7. high
  8. reimbursed
Adjective
  • His proficiency, buoyed by his expensive taste and skill in daisy-chaining images together, got his foot in the door of the indie-rap revitalization.
    — Matthew Ritchie, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Without more batteries, Illinois will be even more reliant on dirty, expensive electricity imports from other states and more likely to delay the natural gas power plant closures it’s planned for years to clean the air.
    — John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of expensive
Verb
  • As creators take on political topics, questions often surface about whether influencers are being compensated.
    — Abby Dodge, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • This decrease in state funds was compensated for in 2026 by an additional $53 million in research awards from industry partners.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of compensated
Verb
  • Sheffield then met Tamboran’s CEO at the time, Alabama native Joel Riddle.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The controversy has dominated WNBA press rooms so much that the league formed a task force of general managers and team presidents who met in August to discuss trans athletes, but ultimately did not update any eligibility rules.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of met
Verb
  • Art of Play then shared another statement, explaining that Clark spent just five minutes in the store before taking off.
    — Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Having studied fashion and previously working as a stylist, Jouffret has spent the past eight years overseeing the costumes and characters that appear on-screen.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of spent
Verb
  • In its internal testing, playing Cyberpunk 2077 at Medium RT with DLSS at Balanced, using 64GB of DDR5 alongside the 9800X3D, yielded notable results.
    — Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
  • After a home run by Cedric Mullins trimmed the deficit to 4-3 in the bottom of the eighth, Cole Sulser yielded a leadoff single to slumping Angel Martínez in the ninth and balked him to second base.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of yielded
Verb
  • Alejandro Diaz, whom Xuan hired as an eviction manager for his real estate firm, accused Xuan of trying to break down a tenant’s door in Apple Valley and using a Taser to shock another renter’s dog, according to the civil suit.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
  • By July, the side project turned into a full-time job when MLB hired Weingardt as a principal product manager to explore changes to its flagship app.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of hired
Adjective
  • Of the 13 most competitive Senate races, seven Republicans have expressed skepticism or outright opposition to the agreement that is unlikely to significantly affect high diesel costs contributing to broader inflation.
    — Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Storyteller Overland Powering up the sockets and appliances, the Gear Mode packs in 4+ kWh of Lithionics batteries that send power through a 2,000-W inverter and charge while driving through a high-output auxiliary alternator.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of high
Verb
  • The prescriptions were often billed to and reimbursed by Medicaid and other federal healthcare programs, the lawsuit says.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • A little under $700,000 was improperly reimbursed because those dollars went towards visits to an escape room, restaurants, bars, a strip club and a gym, according to investigators.
    — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of reimbursed

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“Paid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paid. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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