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as in compensated
to give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received
we need to pay the cashier and then we can leave
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2
as in met
to give what is owed for
you ought to pay that bill before it's overdue
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as in spent
to hand over or use up in payment
rock fans were willing to pay enormous sums to get into the concert
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as in hired
to provide with a paying job
pay someone to mow the lawn for the summer
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Recent Examples of paid
Time, 25 Nov. 2025
Those hours can come from paid or unpaid work, volunteering, community service, participation in SNAP Employment & Training programs, or a combination of these.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
Katherine Schaffstall, HollywoodReporter, 9 Nov. 2025
Colleagues of Truitt and Diamond also paid tribute to the pilots after their deaths.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
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Noriega’s history with the U.S. began in the 1950s when the CIA recruited him as a paid informant.
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The event, which was moderated by Kate McKinnon, paid tribute to the show’s cancellation 25 years after the third and final season aired in 2000.
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That would be roughly twice the base price of the company’s most expensive factory model, the Phantom.—
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Most gamers will look at an expensive keyboard to enhance their play style but often overlook the mouse.—
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This program would have compensated retailers who promote the iLottery.—
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The criticisms were contained in reports into the deaths of 48 migrant workers from Bangladesh, India and Nepal, and centred on the lack of safety provisions made on construction sites, the failure to properly investigate accidents and the speed with which bereaved families are compensated.—
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Shouts for it will be met by angry fingers jutted towards the various gaffes played ad nauseam on Sky Sports’ weekly Ref Watch, or the mandatory pause before the emotional unleashing as VAR mulls over whether a goal is a goal or just a hoax.—
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Uncensored, that Fergie met the man, Steve Wyatt, a millionaire entrepreneur from Texas, at the Houston Grand Opera’s British Opera Festival in 1989 and started an extramarital relationship with him soon after.—
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The trio were indicted in May and accused of falsifying loan applications to get federal pandemic relief funds and money meant for Brown’s nonprofit that was spent on a lavish birthday party and Louis Vuitton items.—
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McLendon has spent the last two seasons on the practice squad prior to making his Dolphins debut during the season finale against the New England Patriots.—
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The latest discovery isn't the first time that modern construction projects have yielded historical treasures in Europe.—
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An early test with home security firm SimpliSafe yielded a 23% increase in leads and a 31% increase in website visits, the companies said.—
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Reuters reported Thursday that Comcast had hired bankers from Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to sort through a potential bid for some of WBD’s assets.—
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Investigations found the voicemails of public figures were hacked by journalists and private investigators hired by publications who worked on the assumption that few people changed the default voicemail access code their handset came with.—
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Never use your high-beam lights.—
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The team had started the season on a losing streak, and tensions were high.—
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Students studying at tech colleges to become first responders could get their tuition and materials reimbursed under another new law.—
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Nearly a year later, California is still waiting to be reimbursed for $40 billion in wildfire aid that Newsom asked for after the Palisades and Eaton fires burned thousands of homes and claimed dozens of lives.—
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“Paid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paid. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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