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paid

adjective
 
 
/peɪd/

Definition

being given money for something: Are you looking for paid work or voluntary work? paid employment paid holiday (US vacation) paid leavePaying and spending money used in combination to refer to the amount of money that someone is given for their work: low-paid workers a well-paid jobPaying and spending money
(Definition of paid adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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