pay dividends

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pay dividends (third-person singular simple present pays dividends, present participle paying dividends, simple past and past participle paid dividends)

1. (idiomatic) to bring about something good as a result of past effort or actions.
   • 2016 October 22, Rami G Khouri, “Lebanese oligarchy preserves its interests once again”, in Aljazeera‎^[1]:

     Aoun's alliance with Hezbollah appears finally to have paid dividends in moving him into the presidential palace, which the 128-member parliament must formally vote on, probably next week.

   • 2021 October 6, Greg Morse, “A need for speed and the drive for 125”, in RAIL, number 941, page 51:

     The trains were soon paying dividends - by December, BR was reporting a 15% rise in passenger receipts.

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: tuottaa tulosta
• German: sich auszahlen, sich bezahlt machen
• Romanian: da roade, merita (ro)

Further reading

• “pay dividends”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.