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payed vs paid

paid

Definitions

adjective

  1. involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby
  2. yielding a fair profit
  3. marked by the reception of pay

Examples

Bounties were paid right across a banking sector whose incompetence threw thousands of innocents into jeopardy.

I gave him £1000 down, and paid the rest in instalments.

He said it was because he was paid to sit around and drink milkshakes all day.

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