Answer:

pays

Answer	Crossword Clue
PAYS	Plunks down
PAYS	Picks up the tab
PAYS	Shells out

PAYS	Remunerates
PAYS	Picks up the check
PAYS	Is rewarding
PAYS	Proves beneficial
PAYS	Is worthwhile
PAYS	Is worth it
PAYS	Remits
PAYS	Settles, as a debt

PAYS	Yields a return
PAYS	Coughs up, so to speak
PAYS	Bribes, with "off"
PAYS	Settles the bill
PAYS	Ponies up
PAYS	Makes, as a visit
PAYS	Proves worthwhile
PAYS	Foots the bill

PAYS	Compensates
PAYS	Settles up
PAYS	Shells out money
PAYS	Settles a debt, with "up"
PAYS	Is beneficial
PAYS	Is profitable
PAYS	Treats, in a way
PAYS	Takes care of the check

PAYS	Antes up
PAYS	Settles with the piper
PAYS	Settles a debt
PAYS	Takes the tab
PAYS	Makes good on a debt
PAYS	Yields a profit
PAYS	Makes good on a marker
PAYS	Settles a bill

PAYS	Settles one's debts
PAYS	Grabs the check
PAYS	Foots
PAYS	Is a sport
PAYS	Settles accounts

Crossword

a puzzle consisting of a grid of squares and blanks into which words crossing vertically and horizontally are written according to clues.