Paid vs. Raid

Paidverb

simple past tense and past participle of pay

Paid

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

Paid

Satisfied; contented.

Paidadjective

marked by the reception of pay;

Paidadjective

involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby

Paidadjective

yielding a fair profit

Raidnoun

(military) A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.

Raidnoun

An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering

Raidnoun

(sports) An attacking movement.

Raidnoun

(Internet) An activity initiated at or towards the end of a live broadcast by the broadcaster that sends its viewers to a different broadcast, primarily intended to boost the viewership of the receiving broadcaster. This is frequently accompanied by a message in the form of a hashtag that is posted in the broadcast's chat by the viewers.

Raidnoun

(online gaming) A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy.

Raidverb

(transitive) To engage in a raid against.

Raidverb

(transitive) To lure from another; to entice away from.

Raidverb

(transitive) To indulge oneself by taking from.

Raidnoun

A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.

Raidnoun

An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering; as, a raid of the police upon a gambling house; a raid of contractors on the public treasury.

Raidverb

To make a raid upon or into; as, two regiments raided the border counties.

Raidnoun

a sudden short attack

Raidnoun

an attempt by speculators to defraud investors

Raidverb

search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on;

Raidverb

enter someone else's territory and take spoils;

Raidverb

take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock;

Raidverb

search for something needed or desired;