paid, ppl. a.
(peɪd)
[Pa. pple. of pay v.1]
† 1. a. pred. Pleased, satisfied, content. Obs.
| c 1230 Hali Meid. 27 Eiðer is alles weis paied of oðer. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 70 William was not paied, þat falle mad him ofright. c 1400 Rowland & O. 640 Damesell, arte thou payed of me? c 1400 Mandeville (Roxb.) xii. 52 Here es my son þat I luffe, of wham I am wele payd. 1480 Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxliv. (1482) 295 Sore agreued and right euyll payed toward the frensshmen. 1483 Cath. Angl. 266/1 Payde, pacatus, contentus. 1825–80 Jamieson s.v. Paid, ‘I'm weel paid wi' the bargain’... ‘I'm verra ill paid for ye’, I am very sorry for you; Aberd. |
† b. Intoxicated, drunk. Obs. slang.
| 1638 Shirley Royal Master ii. i. D iij b, Jaca. Heele be drunke presently... [Bombo drinks on]..Piet. Hees paid, the King will come this way...Bom. Dee heare no body say he saw me, I wonnot Be seene yet. (He reeles in.) |
2. Remunerated or recompensed with money; in receipt of pay: see pay v.1 2, 4.
| 1862 All Year Round 18 Oct. 133 The machinery of paid officials. 1866 D. Greenwell Ess. (1867) 60 The exchange of paid for voluntary labour. 1961 Webster s.v., A good job and a paid vacation. 1967 Listener 30 Nov. 694/2 The shortening of hours of work, improvements in housing standards, paid holidays, the prohibition of child labour,..should all, on the face of it, have helped to intensify family cohesiveness. 1978 Ibid. 19 Jan. 78/3 After the Second World War, paid holidays became common. |
3. Given, as money, in discharge of an obligation; discharged, as a debt; for which the money has been given, as a bill, a cheque: see pay v.1 5.
| 1866 Crump Banking iv. 96 The law..seems to be that a paid cheque is the absolute property of the customer. 1892 Zangwill Bow Myst. 134, I..found a paid cheque made out for {pstlg}25 in the name of Miss Dymond. |
4. a. With prep. or adv., as paid-for, paid-off, paid-up: see various senses of pay v.1
paid for, esp., an instruction given to a dog that has ‘earned’ a reward. paid-up capital: that part of the subscribed capital of an undertaking which has been actually paid.
| 1817 Brougham in Parl. Deb. 776 The legal, professional, hired, and paid for dicta of two officers. 1848 Mill Pol. Econ. II. v. ix. 463 A known and large amount of paid-up capital. 1854 J. C. Maitland Cat & Dog 8 To please Lily, I learned to sit patiently watching the most tempting buttered crust on the ground under my nose, when she said ‘Trust, Captain!’ never dreaming of touching it till she gave the word of command, ‘Now it is paid for;’ when I ate it in a genteel and deliberate manner. 1874 Trollope Lady Anna xxxvii. 290 They are paying twenty per cent. on the paid-up capital. 1874 ‘Mark Twain’ Gilded Age xlviii. 435 What the insurance companies call the ‘endowment’, or the ‘paid⁓up’ plan, by which a policy is secured after a certain time without further payment. 1883 Pall Mall G. 7 Sept. 2/2 The annual repairs..would amount to at least {pstlg}10,000, and the paids-out above mentioned to about {pstlg}25,000. 1883 Daily News 10 Sept. 2/5 The consignor, when he has not been paid for his goods, instructs the carrier to collect for him the price thereof, and this is called the ‘paid on’. 1886 R. Kipling Departm. Ditties (1899) 27 Steer clear of Ink Save when you write receipts for paid-up bills in't. 1894 H. Nisbet Bush Girl's Rom. xi. 100 They were mostly the paid-off shearers and extra stockmen whom he had met. 1913 [see extended ppl. a. 2 c]. 1922 ‘R. Crompton’ Just—William xii. 238 They taught him to sit up and almost taught him ‘Trust’ and ‘Paid For’. 1934 ‘R. Hull’ Murder of my Aunt ii. 107 It seemed eternity to me, and I suppose to So-so too, waiting, for the glad sound of ‘Paid for’. 1970 J. Fleming Young Man, I think you're Dying ix. 127 The manner of dogs put on Trust for a biscuit, watching the biscuit until the words: Paid for! |
b. In phr. paid-up member, a member of a club, society, etc., who has paid a subscription.
| 1959 H. Hobson Mission House Murder xxvi. 176 A fully paid-up member of Medina, Soho's equivalent of the old Mafia. 1960 News Chron. 1 July 6/7 Prince Philip always..[visits] the club when he attends Cowes Week—he's a fully paid-up member. 1970 ‘H. Carmichael’ Remote Control ii. 24 He was a paid-up member of the Kennel Club. 1976 Conservation News Nov./Dec. 12 That issue contained the application for non-voting tickets for paid-up members not attending as delegates. |