pay dividends

Meaning

1. to produce great advantages or profits

   Exercising regularly will pay dividends in the end.

In the movies · 3

• Jimmy's hoping those body shots will pay dividends.Cinderella Man2005
• They've stopped paying dividends.The Ghost and Mrs. Muir1947
• Yes. It'll be paying big dividends soon.Monsieur Verdoux1947

Learn it in full scenes

• The Ghost and Mrs. Muir1947
  • Lucy Leaves Her In-Laws' House
  • Lucy Insists on Gull Cottage
  • Lucy Rents the Haunted House

From the same entry

• the devil to pay
• he who pays the piper calls the tune
• pay court to
• pay for itself
• pay good money for
• pay its way
• pay the penalty
• pay your respects
• pay through the nose
• pay your way
• you pays your money and you takes your choice
• cost an arm and a leg