Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. drunk.

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J. Shirley Royall Master II i sig. D3v: Jaca.: Heele be drunke presently... [Bombo drinks on] Piet.: Hees paid, the King will come this way... Bom.: Dee heare no body say he saw me, I wonnot Be seene yet. (He reeles in.) [OED].

2. (US black) wealthy; thus get paid, to make some money (illegally).

1983		in J. Breslin World According to Breslin (1985) 63: ‘We went to the concert to get paid [i.e. by stealing gold chains] They said it was a free concert, but we went there to get paid’.
1991		P. Blauner Slow Motion Riot 50: ‘Let’s go rob [...] Let’s go get paid right now’.
1997		Notorious B.I.G. ‘Hypnotize’ 🎵 Guess that’s why they broke, and you’re so paid.
2006		S.L.A.B. ‘Droppin Tha Tops’ 🎵 From the way I dress, you know I stay paid.
2013		J. Cole ‘Chaining Day’ 🎵 Well laugh on, white man, I ain’t paid as you.
2014		M. Cebula ‘Larry’s Proposal’ in ThugLit Mar. [ebook] ‘What about you, Larry? You trying to get paid?’.
2020		S.A. Crosby Blacktop Wasteland 52: ‘We can get paid. Real money. Not some pissy-ass stick-up money’.

3. (US prison) the favourable outcome of a parole hearing.

2000

Other Side of the Wall: Prisoner’s Dict. July 🌐 Paid: A favorable outcome of a parole or classification hearing.