repay sb's effort, time, attention, etc.
mainly UKIf an activity, book, etc. repays your effort, time, attention, etc., it is worth the effort or time, etc. that you spend on it:
You should read this article - it would repay your time.
If you think of these children growing into adults who enjoy and appreciate classical music, then that repays our effort.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Useful or advantageous
- a pearl of great price idiom
- a place in the sun idiom
- advantageous
- all-singing
- amiss
- corrective
- expedient
- favourable
- fodder
- foil
- fruitful
- fruitfulness
- palliative
- productive
- profitable
- repay
- respite
- salutary
- serviceable
- sniff
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