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English Dictionary: paid	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paid adj marked by the reception of pay; "paid work"; "a paid official"; "a paid announcement"; "a paid check" Antonym(s): unpaid involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby Synonym(s): nonrecreational, paid yielding a fair profit Synonym(s): gainful, paid, paying
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Paid \Paid\, imp., p. p., & a. of {Pay}. 1. Receiving pay; compensated; hired; as, a paid attorney. 2. Satisfied; contented. [Obs.] [bd]Paid of his poverty.[b8] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pay \Pay\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paid}; 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. May no penny ale them pay [i. e., satisfy]. --P. Plowman. [She] pays me with disdain. --Dryden. 2. Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or retaliate upon. For which, or pay me quickly, or I'll pay you. --B. Jonson. 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). [bd]Pay me that thou owest.[b8] --Matt. xviii. 28. Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. --Matt. xviii. 26. If they pay this tax, they starve. --Tennyson. 4. To discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render duty, as that which has been promised. This day have I paid my vows. --Prov. vii. 14. 5. To give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to pay attention; to pay a visit. Not paying me a welcome. --Shak. {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.