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paid
[ peyd ]
paid
/ ɪ /
verb
- the past tense and past participle of pay 1
- put paid toto end or destroy
breaking his leg put paid to his hopes of running in the Olympics
Other Word Forms
- ԴDz·貹 adjective
- -貹 adjective
- ܲ·貹 adjective
- ɱ-貹 adjective
Idioms and Phrases
see under pay .Example Sentences
They said the sex abuse settlement can be paid with bonds and the county’s plush rainy day fund, a seldom-touched pot worth nearly a billion dollars.
The fall in the wholesale cost of energy, paid by suppliers, is behind the latest predictions.
The Post Office has paid more than £600m of public money to continue using the faulty Horizon IT system despite deciding to ditch it more than a decade ago, the BBC can reveal.
Police launched an investigation this month after a meal provider in south Jakarta accused authorities of embezzlement, saying that she has not been paid since her kitchen started preparing school meals in February.
All clubs taking part will have their flights and accommodation paid for.
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