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well-paid

well-paid adjective: adequately paid; receiving sufficient to liberal compensation for work.

Adjective

well-paid (comparative more well-paid, superlative most well-paid)

  1. Adequately paid; receiving sufficient to liberal compensation for work.
    • For most purposes the morning peak, with its more expensive travel, is defined as 4.30 to 9.30 a.m., but in the case of Oyster Card single fares, the morning peak begins at 6.30. It is the less well-paid jobs that require people to travel before 6.30 (you still see men with their tool bags on the...2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 47
    Synonyms:
    high-paying

Synonyms of well-paid

Forms of well-paid

comparativemore well-paid
superlativemost well-paid

Origin of well-paid

From Middle English wel-paied, equivalent to well + paid.

Questions about well-paid

What does well-paid mean?
Well-paid means adequately paid; receiving sufficient to liberal compensation for work.
What part of speech is well-paid?
Well-paid is an adjective.

Words near well-paid in the dictionary

  1. well-ordering
  2. well-orderings
  3. well-orders
  4. well-organized
  5. well-padded
  6. well-paid
  7. well-placed
  8. well-planned
  9. well-pleased
  10. well-pointed
  11. well-posed

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