Betaald

Betaald is the past participle of the Dutch verb betalen, meaning to pay. It indicates that money owed has been settled and is used in various grammatical contexts in Dutch. As a finite verb form, betaalde is the simple past: ik betaalde, jij betaalde, hij betaalde. The past participle betaald is used with hebben to form perfect tenses (ik heb betaald) and with zijn in passive constructions (de rekening is betaald).

As an adjective, betaald describes items or statuses that have been settled. In attributive position it is commonly inflected as betaalde when placed before a noun, for example betaalde rekening or betaalde facturen, while in predicative position it remains betaald: De rekening is betaald. The term is widely used in finance, administration, commerce, and everyday language to indicate that a payment has been completed.

Etymology traces betaald to betalen, the Dutch verb for paying money owed. The word has cognates in related Germanic languages and forms a core part of phrases such as betaling (payment), betaaltermijn (payment term), and onbetaald (unpaid). The concept of betaling encompasses both voluntary payments and obligations settled through invoices, receipts, or bank transfers.

See also: betalen, betaling, rekening, factuur, betalingstermijn, onbetaald.