used in legal language or humorously to refer to someone or something already mentioned or named

acting in pursuance of the said agreement

utter words so as to convey information, an opinion, a feeling or intention, or an instruction

‘Thank you,’ he said

he said the fund stood at £100,000

our parents wouldn't believe a word we said

he said to come early

assume something in order to work out what its consequences would be; make a hypothesis

let's say we pay in five thousand pounds in the first year