pay dividends
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: to directly benefit someone for something he or she has done
Our efforts are finally paying dividends.
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In this regard, recommendations of top Wall Street analysts can help investors make the right choice, as these experts assign buy ratings after a thorough analysis of a company's fundamentals and its ability to consistently pay dividends.
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CNBC, 15 Feb. 2026
No one, though, thought a player of Diawara’s status would pay dividends in the short-term plans, too.
—James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
Updating essential health benefits to fully integrate behavioral health, increasing reimbursement for primary care and funding community health workers and care navigators would pay dividends in outcomes and equity.
—Jesse Jackson Jr, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2026
While stocks pay dividends and bonds pay interest, gold held in an IRA produces no ongoing cash flow.
—Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
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CNBC, 15 Feb. 2026
No one, though, thought a player of Diawara’s status would pay dividends in the short-term plans, too.
—James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
Updating essential health benefits to fully integrate behavioral health, increasing reimbursement for primary care and funding community health workers and care navigators would pay dividends in outcomes and equity.
—Jesse Jackson Jr, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2026
While stocks pay dividends and bonds pay interest, gold held in an IRA produces no ongoing cash flow.
—Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
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“Pay dividends.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay%20dividends. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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