Usually means: Covers its own costs eventually.
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We found 8 dictionaries that define the word pay for itself:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. pay for itself: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pay for itself: Merriam-Webster
  3. pay for itself: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pay for itself: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. pay for itself: Wiktionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Pay(s) for itself: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pay for itself)

▸ verb:  To produce or result in revenue which will cover its costs.

Similar:
wash its face, earn out, plough back, should-cost, pencil out, cost, plow back, keep the lights on, expense, make ends meet, more...

Opposite:
not cost-effective, unprofitable, unsustainable

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Similar:
wash its face, earn out, plough back, should-cost, pencil out, cost, plow back, keep the lights on, expense, make ends meet, more...

Opposite:
not cost-effective, unprofitable, unsustainable



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