Definition of paid

"paid" in the verb sense

1. pay

give money, usually in exchange for goods or services

"I paid four dollars for this sandwich"

"Pay the waitress, please"

2. give, pay

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"

3. pay up, ante up, pay

cancel or discharge a debt

"pay up, please!"

4. yield, pay, bear

bring in

"interest-bearing accounts"

"How much does this savings certificate pay annually?"

5. pay, pay off, make up, compensate

do or give something to somebody in return

"Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"

6. give, pay, devote

dedicate

"give thought to"

"give priority to"

"pay attention to"

7. pay

be worth it

"It pays to go through the trouble"

8. pay

render

"pay a visit"

"pay a call"

9. pay

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"

10. pay

make a compensation for

"a favor that cannot be paid back"

11. pay

discharge or settle

"pay a debt"

"pay an obligation"

"paid" in the adjective sense

1. paid

marked by the reception of pay

"paid work"

"a paid official"

"a paid announcement"

"a paid check"

2. nonrecreational, paid

involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby

3. gainful, paid, paying

yielding a fair profit

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Quotations for paid

Nothing begins, and nothing ends.
That is not paid with moan;
For we are born in others' pain,
And perish in our own. [ Francis Thompson ]

Chare-folks are never paid enough. [ Proverb ]

He is well paid that is well satisfied. [ William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice ]

You owed me a sheep but paid me a lamb. [ Proverb ]

Glory paid to our ashes comes too late. [ Martial ]

A gift much expected is paid, not given. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

A diligent scholar, and the master's paid. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Prudence, like experience, must be paid for. [ Sheridan ]

A hog upon trust grunts till he is paid for. [ Proverb ]

Your purse opened not when it was paid, for. [ Proverb ]

He that serves every body is paid by nobody. [ Proverb ]

He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle. [ Ben. Franklin ]

In various talk the instructive hours they past,
Who gave the ball, or paid the visit lasts
One speaks the glory of the British queen.
And one describes a charming Indian screen;
A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes;
At every word a reputation dies. [ Pope ]

A thrush paid for is better than a turkey owing for. [ Proverb ]

Gold does not satisfy love; it must be paid in its own coin. [ Mme. Deluzy ]

The greatest evidence of demoralization is the respect paid to wealth.

And as neither would allow the other to pay for him, neither paid at all. [ Heine ]

The devil hath owed me a cake of a long time, and now hath paid me a loaf. [ Proverb ]

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect. [ Rousseau ]

The kiss you take is paid by that you give: The joy is mutual, and I'm still in debt. [ Lord Lansdowne ]

By robbing Peter he paid Paul ... and hoped to catch larks if ever the heavens should fall. [ Rabelais ]

Great was the respect paid of old to the hoary head, and great the honour to the wrinkles of age. [ Ovid ]

To no man, whatever his station in life, or his power to serve me, have I ever paid a compliment at the expense of truth. [ Burns ]

The drafts which true genius draws upon posterity, although they may not always be honored so soon as they are due, are sure to be paid with compound interest in the end. [ Colton ]

In public affairs, we may usually infer the weakness of the cause by the excessive price that ministers have freely paid to those whose eloquence, or whose sophistry, has enabled them to make that weakness triumph. [ Colton ]

Very few people know how to enjoy life. Some say to themselves: I do this or that, therefore I am amused: I have paid so many pieces of gold, hence I feel so much pleasure; and they wear away their lives on that grindstone. [ A. de Musset ]

Pity and forbearance, and long-sufferance and fair interpretation, and excusing our brother, and taking in the best sense, and passing the gentlest sentence, are as certainly our duty, and owing to every person that does offend and can repent, as calling to account can be owing to the law, and are first to be paid; and he that does not so is an unjust person. [ Jeremy Taylor ]

paid in Scrabble®

The word paid is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters paid:

PAID
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word paid

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paid in Words With Friends™

The word paid is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters paid:

PAID
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Words within the letters of paid

2 letter words in paid (5 words)

3 letter words in paid (3 words)

4 letter words in paid (Anagrams) (2 words)

paid + 1 blank (5 words)

Words containing the sequence paid

Words that start with paid (1 word)

Words with paid in them (1 word)

Word Growth involving paid

Shorter words in paid

ai aid

id aid

pa

Longer words containing paid

mispaid

nonpaid

overpaid

postpaid

repaid prepaid

repaid unrepaid

underpaid

unpaid

wellpaid