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paid 音标拼音: [p'ed] a. 受雇的,付清的
n.
vbl. pay的过去式和过去分词 受雇的,付清的 pay的过去式和过去分词 paid adj 1: marked by the reception of pay; " paid work"; " a paid official"; " a paid announcement"; " a paid check" [ ant: { unpaid}] 2: involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby [ synonym: { nonrecreational}, { paid}] 3: yielding a fair profit [ synonym: { gainful}, { paid}, { paying}] Paid \ Paid\, imp., p. p., & a. from { Pay}. 1. Receiving pay; compensated; hired; as, a paid attorney. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Satisfied; contented. [ Obs.] " Paid of his poverty." -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster]
Pay \ Pay\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Paid} ( p[= a] d); p. pr. & vb. n. { Paying}.] [ OE. paien, F. payer, fr. L. pacare to pacify, appease, fr. pax, pacis, peace. See { Peace}.] 1. To satisfy, or content; specifically, to satisfy ( another person) for service rendered, property delivered, etc.; to discharge one' s obligation to; to make due return to; to compensate; to remunerate; to recompense; to requite; as, to pay workmen or servants. [ 1913 Webster] May no penny ale them pay [ i. e., satisfy]. -- P. Plowman. [ 1913 Webster] [ She] pays me with disdain. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or retaliate upon. [ 1913 Webster] For which, or pay me quickly, or I' ll pay you. -- B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To discharge, as a debt, demand, or obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required; to deliver the amount or value of to the person to whom it is owing; to discharge a debt by delivering ( money owed). " Pay me that thou owest." -- Matt. xviii. 28. [ 1913 Webster] Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. -- Matt. xviii. 26. [ 1913 Webster] If they pay this tax, they starve. -- Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render duty, as that which has been promised. [ 1913 Webster] This day have I paid my vows. -- Prov. vii. 14. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to pay attention; to pay a visit. [ 1913 Webster] Not paying me a welcome. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] { To pay off}. ( a) To make compensation to and discharge; as, to pay off the crew of a ship. ( b) To allow ( a thread, cord, etc.) to run off; to unwind. ( c) to bribe. { To pay one' s duty}, to render homage, as to a sovereign or other superior. { To pay out} ( Naut.), to pass out; hence, to slacken; to allow to run out; as, to pay out more cable. See under { Cable}. { To pay the piper}, to bear the cost, expense, or trouble. [ Colloq.] [ 1913 Webster] 23 Moby Thesaurus words for " paid": acquitted, chartered, discharged, employed, expended, hired, hireling, leased, let, liquidated, mercenary, paid in full, postpaid, prepaid, receipted, remitted, rented, salaried, settled, spent, subleased, sublet, waged |
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