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pays dividends

pays dividends is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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What is pays dividends the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pays dividends is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pay dividends.

Words near pays dividends in the dictionary

  1. pays back
  2. pays back in someone's own coin
  3. pays d'état
  4. Pays de la Loire
  5. pays dearly
  6. pays dividends
  7. pays down
  8. pays for itself
  9. pays for one's whistle
  10. pays forward
  11. pays good money after bad

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