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.
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Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
The free track has some nice items available to all, but the paid deluxe track has additional items that players can obtain for money.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 16 June 2025
Companies like Netflix, which provides up to a year of paid leave, can show leadership for other organizations.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
And for many women, that looks like a double shift of paid and unpaid work, researchers found.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 26 June 2025
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Adjective
With advertising or with paid search, Google already knows a lot about you.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
The free track has some nice items available to all, but the paid deluxe track has additional items that players can obtain for money.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 16 June 2025
Companies like Netflix, which provides up to a year of paid leave, can show leadership for other organizations.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
And for many women, that looks like a double shift of paid and unpaid work, researchers found.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 26 June 2025
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“Paid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paid. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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