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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

see under pay .
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Example Sentences

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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.

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The fall in the wholesale cost of energy, paid by suppliers, is behind the latest predictions.

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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.

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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.

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All clubs taking part will have their flights and accommodation paid for.

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