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)
- (idiomatic) to bring about something good as a result of past effort or actions.
- 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.
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- “pay dividends”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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