Money & finance
pay for itself
cover its own cost
If something pays for itself, it saves or earns enough money to cover what it cost.
Hear it in real life
Was the annual gym membership worth the price?
Definitely. I saved more on classes than it cost, so it paid for itself.
The solar panels should pay for themselves within a few years.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The solar panels should pay ‸ themselves within a few years.
Say: The solar panels should pay for themselves within a few years.
Keep for before itself when describing something that recovers its cost.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
pay for itself; has paid for itself
Your turn: say it out loud
The solar panels should pay for themselves within a few years.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
pay for itself
cover its own cost
“The solar panels should pay for themselves within a few years.”
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