paid
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Definition of paid
(Entry 1 of 2)
past tense and past participle of pay
paid
adjectiveDefinition of paid (Entry 2 of 2)
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
Fitbit is also working on a paid service that lets users chat with a certified health and wellness coach to tackle goals such as weight loss or managing diabetes. — Kaya Yurieff, CNN, "Fitbit pushes beyond hardware with new subscription service," 28 Aug. 2019 Piatt has also started a paid summer internship for San Antonio Independent School District students to focus on cybersecurity and marketing. — Diego Mendoza-moyers, ExpressNews.com, "Cybersecurity CEO looks to build San Antonio tech workforce," 26 Aug. 2019 David Kemple, who police said fired non-lethal ammunition, all remain on paid administrative leave Tuesday during the investigation. — oregonlive.com, "Man fatally shot by Portland police was likely in mental health crisis, family says," 6 Aug. 2019 And all of them are emphasizing that their deals don’t require paid membership like Amazon. — BostonGlobe.com, "Amazon Prime Day has lots of competition," 16 July 2019 And while paid customers grew 42% from a year earlier, that was down from full-year growth of 49% and 59% in fiscal 2019 and 2018, respectively. — Laura Forman, WSJ, "Slack’s Ascent Could Face Some Bumps," 19 June 2019 Verletta White will become a paid consultant to the Baltimore County’s new superintendent next week, earning a salary of $232,700 for the next year. — Liz Bowie, baltimoresun.com, "Baltimore County interim superintendent Verletta White, now demoted, will earn $232,700 consulting salary," 25 June 2019 It has been frequently sued and accused of profiting from the negative reports by offering a paid service to clean up the reputational damage. — James V. Grimaldi, WSJ, "Whitaker Said to Angrily Demand Website Remove Posts About Patent Firm," 14 Nov. 2018 That includes more than 10 million daily active users, who collectively spend more than 50 million hours in active use of Slack in a typical week, on either a free or paid subscription plan, according to the company. — Mae Anderson, chicagotribune.com, "Slack is going public, but through a direct listing, not an IPO. Here’s what that means.," 20 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'paid.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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