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Receiving pay; compensated; hired; as, a paid attorney.

The science or art of teaching.

Paid; pleased. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Having the postage prepaid, as a letter.

imp. & p. p. of Repay.

See 1st Spade.

ices. Also, formerly, an officer in the English court of chancery who received the moneys paid into the court, and deposited them in the Bank of England.

officer attesting such declaration. Acknowledgment money, in some parts of England, a sum paid by copyhold tenants, on the death of their landlords, as an acknowledgment of their new lords. Cowell.

The act of playing honor to a divine being; the worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god. The more immediate objects of popular adoration amongst the heathens were deified human beings. Farmer.

A public notice, especially a paid notice in some public print; anything that advertises; as, a newspaper containing many advertisement.

The price paid for such feeding.

A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his lord on special occasions. Blackstone.

The extinction of a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund; also, the money thus paid. Simmonds.

Worship paid to angels.

The first year's profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the pope; first fruits. In England, they now form a fund for the augmentation of poor livings.

An earnest; earnest money; money paid to bind a bargain. [Scot.] Arles penny, earnest money given to servants. Kersey.

That which is behind in payment, or which remains unpaid, though due; esp. a remainder, or balance which remains due when some part has been paid; arrearage; -- commonly used in the plural, as, arrears of rent, wages, or taxes. Locke. For much I dread due payment by the Greeks Of yesterday's arrear. Cowper. I have a la…

That which remains unpaid and overdue, after payment of a part; arrears. The old arrearages . . . being defrayed. Howell.

To apportion a sum to be paid by (a person, a community, or an estate), in the nature of a tax, fine, etc.; to impose a tax upon (a person, an estate, or an income) according to a rate or apportionment.

The act of assessing; the act of determining an amount to be paid; as, an assessment of damages, or of taxes; an assessment of the members of a club.