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
Robi	-	Hungarian
Valerio	vah-LE-ryo (Italian), bah-LE-ryo (Spanish)	Italian, Spanish
İRfan	-	Turkish
Joey	['dʒəui]
Colombano	-	Italian
Sybella	si-BEL-ə	English (Rare)