pay dividends

idiom

: to directly benefit someone for something he or she has done

Our efforts are finally paying dividends.

Examples of pay dividends in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Investing in equitable clinical trials and redesigning how data on women’s health conditions are collected can pay dividends for women’s quality of life. —Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 22 Dec. 2025

The enthusiasm of Aliso Niguel’s girls soccer team continued to pay dividends Saturday night as the Wolverines beat previously unbeaten Oaks Christian 2-0 in the finals of the Best in the West tournament’s top division at Aliso Niguel High. —Dan Albano, Oc Register, 21 Dec. 2025

This would ultimately pay dividends in Titanic. —Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025

The official said that GPB Capital had disclosed to investors in 2015 that their capital might go to pay dividends to other investors. —Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for pay dividends

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• ascends
• attends
• befriends
• boyfriends
• commends
• contends
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• depends
• descends