paid
adjective
uk/peɪd/ us FINANCE, ECONOMICS
a paid job, activity, or period of time is one for which you are given money:
After retiring from politics, he earned millions giving paid speeches and writing books.
paid job/position/post Ms. Larkin later took a paid government post.
paid work/employment Many of these women, aged 40 and over, are just returning to paid employment.
paid holiday/vacation/leave Labor unions have made paid family leave a top priority.
paid overtime/time off Will we receive paid overtime for the extra work?
Employees who work Christmas Day are given a paid day off in compensation.
low-paid/poorly paid In the interview, she mentioned the number of black workers in low-paid jobs.
high-paid/well-paid Students want to get a degree and start work in a well-paid career.
FINANCE, ECONOMICS
a paid worker, employee, etc. is given money for work that they do:
For years, he was a paid informant to the police.
a paid consultant/advisor/contractor Ms. Minow also criticized the wisdom of using paid advisers as consultants.
high-paid/best-paid He has been called Britain's highest-paid civil servant.
low-paid/poorly paid The people who clean our most expensive buildings are often our most poorly paid employees.
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volunteer
ACCOUNTING, TAX
used to talk about an amount of money that was owed to someone for which a payment has been made:
The invoice was marked 'paid' in red letters.
I spent my day filing paid bills in a dark basement.
a paid parking ticket
COMMERCE
a paid service is one which people must pay for in order to have it:
The paid internet service was three times faster than the free one.
The magazine also publishes paid business listings in its back pages.
COMMERCE
used to describe a person who has paid money for a service:
The news website has 2 million paid subscribers.
See also
delivered duty paid
duty-paid
employer-paid
fully-paid shares
partly-paid shares
postage paid adjective
prepaid
reply paid
underpaid
unpaid