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paid
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adjective
marked by the reception of pay
paid work
a paid official
a paid announcement
a paid check
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adjective
(= nonrecreational)
involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby
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adjective
(= gainful)
yielding a fair profit
pay
Verb
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If you pay, you give money for something.
Bess worked for eight hours and they paid her a hundred dollars.
pay
Noun
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Your pay is money you receive for something.
Go to the office to receive your pay.
the
Determiner
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Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
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Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
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Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
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Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.
extra
Adjective
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Something that is more than what you expected; exceeding; additional.
I always put extra ketchup on my hamburger.
extra
Adverb
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If something is extra good, large, special, etc., it is more so than normal.
This shirt is extra large; it's too big for me.
extra
Noun
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An extra is a feature that that you usually pay more for when you buy something.
She got the car with all the sporty extras.
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An extra is a person appearing in a movie who is not listed in the credits.