Engaged or employed for payment; let out on hire: mercenary. Also with adverbs, as hired out.
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| 释义 | society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [adjective] > paid by wages (30) hiredc1230 Engaged or employed for payment; let out on hire: mercenary. Also with adverbs, as hired out. wagedc1440 Hired for wages; paid by wages. †Of soldiers: Mercenary (obsolete). pensionary1548 In receipt of a pension or bounty; in the pay of another; (hence) mercenary, venal. Now only in Pensionary Parliament n. at compounds. paid1590 Remunerated or recompensed with money; in receipt of pay. In early use chiefly in ill-paid, well-paid, adj. 2. bepaid- Subcategories:— not (15) — well-paid (6) — insufficiently paid (3) — for which service has not been done (1) |
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