Word Finder - paid

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To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.

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he paid her off the books and in kind where possible

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To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required.

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he has paid his debt to society

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To be profitable for.

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It didn't pay him to keep the store open any more.

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To give (something else than money).

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to pay attention

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To be profitable or worth the effort.

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crime doesn’t pay

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To discharge an obligation or debt.

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He was allowed to go as soon as he paid.

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To suffer consequences.

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He paid for his fun in the sun with a terrible sunburn.

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To admit that a joke, punchline, etc., was funny.

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I'll pay that.

I paid the electric and water bill this week.

I almost have the ranch paid off.

Her sister had chosen the gown and --thankfully --paid for it.

It's what you're paid to do.

After your raise, you made $1 million, paid $600,000 in taxes, and were left with $400,000—twenty times more after-tax income.

What had she paid for this favor?

He had paid for the car and told her it was hers.

He visited several cities, and in each place he was well paid for his music.

With the money Gio paid for you to go to Georgetown, you'd think you could get a better job than this!

Not all the attention that has been paid her since she was a child has made her take herself too seriously.

Howie paid for our meal.

We paid for the swimming pool so we might as well use it.

He hadn't paid much attention to any woman in many, many years, but couldn't help thinking her one of the most attractive he'd ever met.

I paid him for three bushes.

Eventually her attempts to tame him paid off, and he allowed her to touch him - provided she was careful not to move too quickly.

We were each given shares of stock, fully paid for, that would provide substantial dividends for future years.

The Reverend did some mighty bad things but he paid his due.

Who do you think paid the bills if you didn't?

He asked the price and paid for it.

However, the company likely won't choose this outcome because the $10 cost of cleanup is not paid by the company but by society.

Sonya had cried and begged to be forgiven and now, as if trying to atone for her fault, paid unceasing attention to her cousin.

Nor did he say anything when she exchanged the guitar for a violin and paid for lessons.

He was getting paid a percentage just to pick up the artwork and deliver it to my broker.

Deidre paid the driver and hurried inside, her mind reeling and her body buzzing with the weird energy of the killer who'd marked her.

You've paid in advance.

They were paid so well, they didn't need to worry about how to send their two daughters to college anymore.

Maybe if she'd paid more attention to the information coming in or been a better analyst … part of her knew there were no indicators she missed.

The gross income for the year 1907 amounted to £2,702,228, of which £257,920 was paid to the Post Office in respect of royalties.

But he paid no attention to her warning.

When men were killed or wounded, when rows of stretchers went past, when some troops retreated, and when great masses of the enemy came into view through the smoke, no one paid any attention to these things.

They just aren't expected to stray too far from the homestead in the process – or get paid for it.

You're being paid to talk?

He paid for the supplies with a check and took her and Mary out to eat.

Betsy paid him no attention.

He paid each day and he didn't drop off his rent.

The steam mains to the houses are laid by the supply company; the internal pipes and fittings are paid for or rented by the occupier, costing for an installation from £30 for an ordinary eight-roomed house to £Ioo or more for larger buildings.

The state, the departments, and the communes were thus relieved from the payment of salaries and grants to religious bodies, an item of expenditure which amounted in the last year of the old system to 1,101,000 paid by the state and 302,200 contributed by the departments and communes.

In these circumstances the state agreed to guarantee the interest on the capital, the sums it paid in this way being regarded as advances to be reimbursed in the future with interest at 4%.

As before, the sums paid out in respect of guaranteed dividend were to be regarded as advances which were to be paid back to the state out of the profits made, when these permitted, and when the advances were wiped out, the profits, after payment of a certain dividend, were to be divided between the state and the railway, two-thirds going to the former and one-third to the latter.

Universities have been established at Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Hobart, and are well equipped and numerously attended; they are in part supported by grants from the public funds and in part by private endowments and the fees paid by students.

This mine proved to be very rich, and paid £800,000 in dividends to the original owners.

The dividends paid by these mines amounted to about £1,750,000 sterling.

The revenues for educational purposes are derived mainly from a state tax of 8 on the general list, from local taxes, and from the interest on the permanent school fund, which (including the money paid to Vermont by the United States government when a portion of the treasury surplus was distributed among the states in 1837) amounted in 1908 to $1,120,218.

As to judgment debts, it is sufficient to say that, when by the judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction an order is made that a sum of money be paid by one of two parties to another, such a debt is not only enforceable by process of court, but it can be sued upon as if it were an ordinary debt.

Or, when one person is compelled by law to discharge the legal liabilities of another, he becomes the creditor of the person for the money so paid.

If the tenant paid his rent, the landlord could not forbid subletting.

Houses were let usually for the year, but also for longer terms, rent being paid in advance, half-yearly.

This was matter of contract, and the hirer, who usually paid in advance, might demand a guarantee to fulfil the engagement.

If he defaulted he paid five-fold.

The warehouseman took all risks, paid double for all shortage, but no claim could be made .unless he had given a properly witnessed receipt.