paid
marked by the reception of pay
How often you will meet it
Rank 784 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 23,543 times across 175,139 chapters — 0.011% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- marked by the reception of pay paid worka paid official
- involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby also: nonrecreational
- yielding a fair profit also: gainful, paying
paid in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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I then paid the balance of my passage money.
The Innocents Abroad — Volume 01 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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And tell your men they'll be paid for the lost time.
The Valley of the Giants · Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne · Chapter 1
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No one paid any attention to Kiki Aru, because he didn't amount to anything, anyway.
The Magic of Oz · L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum · Chapter 1
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Once in a long while, M. Saint Pavin and the younger Jottras paid a visit to the Rue St. Gilles.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Poor Timmins was obliged to yield Hat, coat, and boots--in short He was completely stripp'd--and paid Most dearly for his "sport."
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1