paid

1 of 2

ˈpād 

past tense and past participle of pay

paid

2 of 2

adjective

1

: marked by the receipt of pay

paid vacation time

2

: being or having been paid or paid for

a paid official

a paid political announcement

Examples of paid in a Sentence

Adjective

She is one of the few paid public officials in a town run mostly by volunteers.

She was given a paid day off to deal with some personal matters.

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

The company has doubled rate limits on Claude Code for paid tiers this month only because the SpaceX Memphis deal unlocked emergency capacity. —Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 11 May 2026

Chrome and Edge don’t include VPNs, while Brave’s VPN is a paid feature. —Chris Hoffman, PC Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026

Experts say that may help explain why many users shell out for a paid dating app tier. —Charlotte Morabito, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2026

Users without paid subscriptions are limited to two to three free images per day. —Greta Cross, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1715, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing paid

• all-expenses-paid
• be paid up
• postage-paid
• put paid to
• reply-paid

Rhymes for paid

• aid
• aide
• bade
• blade
• braid
• clade
• dade
• fade
• flayed
• fraid
• frayed
• gade

Kids Definition

paid

1 of 2

ˈpād 

past and past participle of pay

paid

2 of 2 adjective

: being or having been paid or paid for

a paid political announcement