paid-for

paid-for — adjective

1. describing a service, product, or piece of content that someone has to pay money

1.形容詞B2
釋義

describing a service, product, or piece of content that someone has to pay money to use or read, rather than getting it without charge

例句

Harper switched from the free trial to a paid-for subscription after the first month.

paid-for subscription as the typical noun pairing

The news site mixes free articles with paid-for content behind a login wall.

paid-for content contrasted with free articles

同義詞
  • premium

    is the marketing-friendly word for paid-for digital tiers

  • subscription-based

    specifies that the payment is recurring rather than one-off

  • fee-based

    is more formal and common in service or membership contexts

反義詞
  • free

    is the everyday opposite when contrasting unpaid versions

  • ad-supported

    describes free content that earns money through advertising instead

文法句型

paid-for + noun

paid-for content

paid-for subscription

用法筆記

Almost always sits directly before a noun (subscription, content, service, app). Rarely used after the verb be; for that, switch to 'paid for' as two words, e.g. 'the meal was paid for'.

常見錯誤

❌The subscription is paid-for.
✅The subscription is paid for.
💡when the phrase follows the verb be, drop the hyphen and use two words.
❌a paid-for of news
✅a paid-for source of news
💡paid-for is an adjective, so a noun must follow it.