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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
paid \paid\, imp., p. p.,  a. from pay.
   1. receiving pay; compensated; hired; as, a paid attorney.
      1913 webster

   2. satisfied; contented. obs. "paid of his poverty."
      --chaucer.
      1913 webster
see also:
pay 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pay \pay\, v. t. imp.  p. p. paid p=ad; p. pr.  vb. n.
   paying. oe. paien, f. payer, fr. l. pacare to pacify,
   appease, fr. pax, pacis, peace. see peace.
   1. to satisfy, or content; specifically, to satisfy another
      person for service rendered, property delivered, etc.; to
      discharge one's obligation to; to make due return to; to
      compensate; to remunerate; to recompense; to requite; as,
      to pay workmen or servants.
      1913 webster

            may no penny ale them pay i. e., satisfy. --p.
                                                  plowman.
      1913 webster

            she pays me with disdain.           --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. hence, figuratively: to compensate justly; to requite
      according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or
      retaliate upon.
      1913 webster

            for which, or pay me quickly, or i'll pay you. --b.
                                                  jonson.
      1913 webster

   3. to discharge, as a debt, demand, or obligation, by giving
      or doing what is due or required; to deliver the amount or
      value of to the person to whom it is owing; to discharge a
      debt by delivering money owed. "pay me that thou owest."
      --matt. xviii. 28.
      1913 webster

            have patience with me, and i will pay thee all.
                                                  --matt. xviii.
                                                  26.
      1913 webster

            if they pay this tax, they starve.    --tennyson.
      1913 webster

   4. to discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render
      duty, as that which has been promised.
      1913 webster

            this day have i paid my vows.         --prov. vii.
                                                  14.
      1913 webster

   5. to give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to
      pay attention; to pay a visit.
      1913 webster

            not paying me a welcome.              --shak.
      1913 webster

   to pay off.
      a to make compensation to and discharge; as, to pay off
          the crew of a ship.
      b to allow a thread, cord, etc. to run off; to unwind.
      c to bribe.

   to pay one's duty, to render homage, as to a sovereign or
      other superior.

   to pay out naut., to pass out; hence, to slacken; to
      allow to run out; as, to pay out more cable. see under
      cable.

   to pay the piper, to bear the cost, expense, or trouble.
      colloq.
      1913 webster
see also:
paid paying peace to pay off to pay one's duty to pay out 
cable to pay the piper 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
paid
     adj 1: marked by the reception of pay; "paid work"; "a paid
            official"; "a paid announcement"; "a paid check" ant:
             unpaid
     2: involving gainful employment in something often done as a
        hobby syn: nonrecreational
     3: yielding a fair profit syn: gainful, paying
see also:
unpaid nonrecreational gainful paying 
[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
pay
     n : something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he
         wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all
         their earnings" syn: wage, earnings, remuneration,
          salary
     v 1: give money, usually in exchange for goods or services; "i
          paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "pay the waitress,
          please"
     2: 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" syn: give
     3: do or give something to somebody in return; "does she pay
        you for the work you are doing?" syn: pay off, make up,
         compensate
     4: 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"
     5: cancel or discharge a debt; "pay up, please" syn: pay up,
         ante up ant: default
     6: bring in; "interest-bearing accounts"; "how much does this
        savings certificate pay annually?" syn: yield, bear
     7: render; "pay a visit"; "pay a call"
     8: be worth it; "it pays to go through the trouble"
     9: dedicate; "give thought to"; "give priority to"; "pay
        attention to" syn: give, devote
     10: discharge or settle; "pay a debt"; "pay an obligation"
     11: make a compensation for; "a favor that cannot be paid back"
     also: paid
see also:
wage earnings remuneration salary give pay off 
make up compensate pay up ante up default 
yield bear devote paid 
[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
paid
     see pay
see also:
pay 
[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
23 moby thesaurus words for "paid":
   acquitted, chartered, discharged, employed, expended, hired,
   hireling, leased, let, liquidated, mercenary, paid in full,
   postpaid, prepaid, receipted, remitted, rented, salaried, settled,
   spent, subleased, sublet, waged





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