different between paid vs settlement

English

Alternative forms

• payed (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pe?d/
• Rhymes: -e?d
• Homophone: payed

Etymology 1

From pay +? -ed.

Verb

paid

1. simple past tense and past participle of pay

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle English paid, payd, ipaid, ypayd, past participle of Middle English paien, payen (“to pay”), equivalent to pay +? -ed.

Adjective

paid (not comparable)

1. That is not free of charge; that costs money.

   Synonyms: nonfree, for-pay

   paid service

2. (slang) Rich, wealthy

Translations

Anagrams

• DIPA, PADI, apid, iPad

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *paita, from Proto-Germanic *paid?.

Noun

paid

1. shirt

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *paita, from Proto-Germanic *paid?.

Noun

paid

1. shirt

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pai?d/

Verb

paid

1. (literary) third-person singular present indicative/future of peidio
2. (literary, colloquial) second-person singular imperative of peidio

Mutation

English

Etymology

settle +? -ment

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?set.l.m?nt/
• Hyphenation: settle?ment

Noun

settlement (plural settlements)

1. The act of settling.
2. The state of being settled.
3. A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled.
4. A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city.
5. (architecture) The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
6. (finance) The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed trade or transaction or contract entered into.
7. (law) A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.
8. (law) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.
9. (law) A resolution of a dispute.

Synonyms

• (A resolution of a dispute): arrangement

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:settlement

Derived terms

• settlement agreement
• settlement house

Related terms

• settler

Translations