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paid dividends

paid dividends is the simple past and past participle of pay dividends.

Meaning of pay dividends

Verb

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.
    • 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.2016 October 22, Rami G Khouri, “Lebanese oligarchy preserves its interests once again”, in Aljazeera

Questions about paid dividends

What is paid dividends the simple past and past participle of?
Paid dividends is the simple past and past participle of pay dividends.

Words near paid dividends in the dictionary

  1. paid a visit
  2. paid attention
  3. paid back
  4. paid back in someone's own coin
  5. paid dearly
  6. paid dividends
  7. paid down
  8. paid for itself
  9. paid for one's whistle
  10. paid forward
  11. paid good money after bad

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