pays off
Finally becomes worthwhile
Pays off means to yield a return on effort or investment: All that practice finally paid off.
It also means to settle a debt completely: We paid off the mortgage last year.
To pay someone off can mean to bribe them or to discharge them with final wages.
A payoff is the result—either a reward, a bribe, or the resolution of a story.
- rewardingProviding satisfaction or benefit
- finishBring to completion
- valuableWorth considerable money
- beneficialProducing good results
- fruitfulProducing abundant results
advantageous · profitable · hard work · blood sweat and tears · worth it · in the end · productive · lucrative · successful · dedication · effective · perseverance · settlement · commitment · compensates · gainful · harvest · restitution