To result in profit or advantage; to be profitable, to ‘pay’. Formerly also with object expressing the person benefited. Cf. sense 29 and account, n.…
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释义 | the world > action or operation > advantage > be advantageous or beneficial [verb (intransitive)] > result in (adequate) advantage (5) to turn to accounta1632 To result in profit or advantage; to be profitable, to ‘pay’. Formerly also with object expressing the person benefited. Cf. sense 29 and account, n.… pay1774 Of a thing, action, occupation, etc. intransitive. To yield an adequate return; to recompense one's expense or trouble; (also) to be profitable… to bear fruit1889 to bear fruit: to yield positive results. Cf. sense 23a. to pay out1909 intransitive. To give out money in payment; spec. to make a large one-off payment. to pay off1946 intransitive. Of a plan, action, measure, etc.: to succeed; to be profitable or advantageous; to produce desired results. |
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