| 单词 | paid |
| 释义 | paid (once / 52 pages) adj Something that's paid is done in exchange for money, or happens while you're receiving pay. For example, your job might offer paid vacation, when you get your usual pay but don't have to work. Paid work is anything you do for pay, whether it's babysitting your cousin for ten dollars, or a job at a law firm that provides a weekly paycheck. When people are described as paid, it clarifies the fact that they're working for money — like a paid FBI informant, or a paid companion for an elderly man. Paid comes from the verb pay, which meant "pacify or please" long before it came to mean "give what is due." WORD FAMILYpaid: paidest, prepaid, unpaid USAGE EXAMPLESA Russian oil firm paid a large court fine owed by one of his aides, spurring accusations that Moscow was buying influence. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) The United States spends more than $64 billion each year on oral health care, of which only 4 percent is paid for by government programs. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) The quarterback on the Tigers’ scout team this season was someone who is paid millions of dollars to do something else: defensive coordinator Brent Venables. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj marked by the reception of pay paid work a paid official a paid announcement a paid check Syn|Ant cashed for which money has been paid compensable, paying, remunerative, salaried, stipendiaryfor which money is paid compensated, remunerated, salaried, stipendiaryreceiving or eligible for compensation free-lance, freelance, mercenaryserving for wages in a foreign army paid-uppaid in advance post-freepostpaid postpaid, prepaidused especially of mail; paid in advance reply-paidwith cost of reply prepaid by sender squareleaving no balance unpaid not paid dueowed and payable immediately or on demand bucksheefree of charge complimentary, costless, free, gratis, gratuitouscosting nothing non-payingpaying nothing outstanding, owing, undischargedowed as a debt pro bonodone for the public good without compensation rent-freecomplimentary; without payment of rent uncompensated, unsalariednot paying a salary 2adj involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby Syn nonrecreational professional engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood 3adj yielding a fair profit Syn gainful, paying profitable yielding material gain or profit |
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