Meanings
comparative more well-paid · superlative most well-paid
- Adequately paid; receiving sufficient to liberal compensation for work.
1 more example
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 47Synonyms: high-paying
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveAdequately paid; receiving sufficient to liberal compensation for work.
Origin
- Middle Englishwel-paied
- Englishwell-paid
From Middle English wel-paied, equivalent to well + paid.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Danish velbetalt
- velbetaltadequately paid
Dutch goed betaald
- goed betaaldadequately paid
Finnish hyväpalkkainen
- hyväpalkkainenadequately paid
French bien payé
- bien payéadequately paid
Polish dobrze opłacany, dobrze płatny
- dobrze opłacanyadequately paid
- dobrze płatnyadequately paid
Portuguese bem pago
- bem pagoadequately paid
Swedish välbetald
- välbetaldadequately paid
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well-paid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/well-paid
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