pay dividends
idiom
: to directly benefit someone for something he or she has done
Our efforts are finally paying dividends.
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One strategy that continues to pay dividends is licensing, especially to Netflix, a key partner since the DVD-by-mail days.
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2025
Properly implemented, programs to keep young men in school and in jobs will pay dividends for years to come.
—Daniel Brennan, Baltimore Sun, 26 Apr. 2025
So why do companies pay dividends instead of just keeping all the cash?
—Jenny Van Leeuwen Harrington, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2025
Pauly McCoy believes all their time together will pay dividends.
—Dave Melton, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2025
Properly implemented, programs to keep young men in school and in jobs will pay dividends for years to come.
—Daniel Brennan, Baltimore Sun, 26 Apr. 2025
So why do companies pay dividends instead of just keeping all the cash?
—Jenny Van Leeuwen Harrington, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2025
Pauly McCoy believes all their time together will pay dividends.
—Dave Melton, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
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“Pay dividends.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay%20dividends. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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