(chiefly, UK) To put an end to.
When peace came in 1802 she regained a measure of control, but it was wrested from her when war with Britain broke out once more in 1805 and Nelson put paid to Spanish sea power in the Atlantic at the Battle of Trafalgar.
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(chiefly, UK, idiomatic) To terminate; to cancel (plans or expectations); to preclude (possibilities); to stop (something) once and for all.
If Harry had always seemed a sickly child, Harrow put paid to notions that he was really a physical weakling.
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(chiefly, UK, dated) To mark a bill or a debt record as "paid".
Well, then, I'll put paid to that little account.
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