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The phrase "actually paying off" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that an effort or investment is yielding positive results or benefits.
Example: "After months of hard work, I can finally see that my dedication is actually paying off."
Alternatives: "truly yielding results" or "really bearing fruit."
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How is all this machine reengineering actually paying off?
In one way I am actually paying off someone else's debt.
I also found out that under the Bills of Exchange Act 1882, the debt collector is actually paying off our debt when they buy it.
First, because the borrowers had little chance of ever actually paying off their debts (because their underlying businesses were so weak), it kept Japan's economy from making the adjustments necessary to start growing again.
While potentially illegal and certainly opposed by ECB and EU policy, Ireland is actually paying off a substantial part of its debt to itself: Ireland's Central Bank took over the debt of the infamous Anglo Irish Bank, whose speculative excesses cost the Irish economy nearly 20% of GDP when it became insolvent.
You read now that people are actually paying off their debts, instead of spending.
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"The strange decision to play two wicket-keepers has actually paid off!
The information was factually incorrect – he'd actually paid off the debts in question.
"He understands that projects like Skolkovo would actually pay off 10 years from now.
So, the model shows, they wind up acting selfishly even when cooperating would actually pay off, because they don't stop to think.
"My 16-year-old self would be pretty upset at some of the decisions I've made that have actually paid off".
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