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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

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

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

Preachers paid for time to sermonize, listeners could call in, some slots were reserved for Christian music.

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