pay to do

pay to do something

to be beneficial to do something; to be profitable. It doesn't pay to drive downtown when you can take the train. It pays to take an umbrella with you if it's supposed to rain.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Josip	-	Croatian, Slovene
Gustav	GOO-stahf (German)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German
Richmal	-	English (Rare)
Hanne (2)	HAH-nə (German), HAHN-ne (Swedish, Norwegian), HAN-ne (Danish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Paraskeve	-	Late Greek
Sacagawea	-	Native American