Pay Paid I Lot Meaning Ends Giving Benefit

Meaning: If something you do pays off, it ends up giving you some benefit or a good result.

• pay off Changing jobs has really paid off. Even though I make a bit less money, I have a lot more free time and I'm a lot happier.
  
  
• pay off Janice got into Harvard University, so all that hard work and extra study has paid off.