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well-paid en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

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 first Tubes of the day), so the generous impulse behind the working men's tickets has not entirely died out. 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 47:

Forms

Relateds

better-paid · best-paid

Synonyms

high-paying

Translations (8)

pl dobrze płatny (adequately paid) · pt bem pago (adequately paid) · sv välbetald (adequately paid) · pl dobrze opłacany (adequately paid) · nl goed betaald (adequately paid) · fi hyväpalkkainen (adequately paid) · da velbetalt (adequately paid) · fr bien payé (adequately paid)