paid

1 of 2

ˈpād 

past tense and past participle of pay

paid

2 of 2

adjective

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

The administration has broadcast its toughest measures on TV, social media and in paid advertisements, to discourage migrants from coming and convince those here illegally to leave. —Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025

For instance, a 2024 study revealed a feature in a newspaper article carries more weight than a paid ad in the same publication. —Nicole Dunn, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025

Chuckles erupted when Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour, which does what the name promises, was revealed as a paid title. —Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025

The Department of Justice has put an attorney who worked on the case of a Salvadoran national mistakenly deported from the United States on paid leave. —Zach Lachance, The Washington Examiner, 6 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1817, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing paid

• all-expenses-paid
• be paid up
• postage-paid
• put paid to
• reply-paid

Rhymes for paid

• aid
• aide
• bade
• blade
• braid
• clade
• dade
• fade
• flayed
• fraid
• frayed
• gade

Kids Definition

paid

1 of 2

ˈpād 

past and past participle of pay

paid

2 of 2 adjective

: being or having been paid or paid for

a paid political announcement