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Also Inflected form of pay

paid

UK/ped/ US/peɪd/ very common slang

adjective

1.

marked by the reception of pay

  • “paid work”
  • “a paid official”
  • “a paid announcement”
  • “a paid check”
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2.

involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby

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Origin

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

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