paid betydelse and definition

Betydelse av paid på svenska

• 0 past simple and past participle of pay

• 1 being given money for something:

  • Are you looking for paid work or voluntary work?

  • paid employment

  • UK paid holiday

  • US paid vacation

  • paid leave

  • low-paid workers

  • a well-paid job

• 2 past simple and past participle of pay

• 3 a paid job, activity, or period of time is one for which you are given money:

  • After retiring from politics, he earned millions giving paid speeches and writing books.

  • paid job/position/post Ms. Larkin later took a paid government post.

  • paid work/employment Many of these women, aged 40 and over, are just returning to paid employment.

  • paid holiday/vacation/leave Labor unions have made paid family leave a top priority.

  • paid overtime/time off Will we receive paid overtime for the extra work?

  • Employees who work Christmas Day are given a paid day off in compensation.

  • low-paid/poorly paid In the interview, she mentioned the number of black workers in low-paid jobs.

  • high-paid/well-paid Students want to get a degree and start work in a well-paid career.

• 4 a paid worker, employee, etc. is given money for work that they do:

  • For years, he was a paid informant to the police.

  • a paid consultant/advisor/contractor Ms. Minow also criticized the wisdom of using paid advisers as consultants.

  • high-paid/best-paid He has been called Britain's highest-paid civil servant.

  • low-paid/poorly paid The people who clean our most expensive buildings are often our most poorly paid employees.

• 5 used to talk about an amount of money that was owed to someone for which a payment has been made:

  • The invoice was marked 'paid' in red letters.

  • I spent my day filing paid bills in a dark basement.

  • a paid parking ticket

• 6 a paid service is one which people must pay for in order to have it:

  • The paid internet service was three times faster than the free one.

  • The magazine also publishes paid business listings in its back pages.

• 7 used to describe a person who has paid money for a service:

  • The news website has 2 million paid subscribers.