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“payed”
paid, payed; paid, paved, paved
paid (PAYD); payed is a misspelling of paid (adjective)
Regarding a remuneration for a service: Carlos is a paid employee for the company.
paid (PAYD) (verb)
1. To have given remuneration for services provided or for property received: Fay paid for her purchase at the cashier’s desk.
2. To have made compensation for; to have discharged a debt: Fred paid his financial obligation to society by doing volunteer work with street youth.
2. To have made compensation for; to have discharged a debt: Fred paid his financial obligation to society by doing volunteer work with street youth.
paved (PAYVD) (adjective)
Concerning something covered with a hard surface; such as, of stone, concrete, or asphalt: Some of the paved roads were done recently and so they were nice and smooth to drive on.
paved (PAYVD) (verb)
To have covered a surface with stone, concrete, etc. to create a solid surface: Some of the roads were paved with fresh asphalt.
After the contractors paved the driveways, they were well paid for their fast and superior work.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group P; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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