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paid

[ peyd ]

verb

  1. a simple past tense and past participle of pay 1.


paid

/ ɪ /

verb

  1. the past tense and past participle of pay 1
  2. put paid to
    to end or destroy

    breaking his leg put paid to his hopes of running in the Olympics

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Other Word Forms

  • ԴDz·貹 adjective
  • -貹 adjective
  • ܲ·貹 adjective
  • ɱ-貹 adjective
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Idioms and Phrases

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Example Sentences

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The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has paid out about $1.5 billion to victims of abuse by Catholic priests.

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They had been paid to upload videos with these messages through a marketing platform called FameUp, which allows brands to hire influencers at scale to promote products.

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Over at The Fruit Machine greengrocer stall, Tom Cresswell also has a long line of customers, and he said most paid by card.

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Union members said the reliance on contractors has been particularly apparent in healthcare, where they said that vacancies are temporarily filled by highly paid contract workers.

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The introduction of tariffs, which are taxes levied on goods as they enter a country and paid for by the importer, threatens decades of collaborations between the nations.

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