pay for itself

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pay for itself (third-person singular simple present pays for itself, present participle paying for itself, simple past and past participle paid for itself)

  1. To produce or result in revenue which will cover its costs.
    Synonym: pay one's own way (as applied to inanimate things or processes)
    • 1950 July, “Long Welded Rails in America”, in Railway Magazine, page 434:
      Although welded rails cost considerably more to lay than ordinary track, there is a great saving in maintenance, and it is estimated that welding pays for itself in less than three years.

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