verb
- to have a good or bad effect on someone or something; to contribute to a particular result
Usage: formal
Examples
- His charitable work redounded to his credit in the community.
- The scandal redounded to the company’s disadvantage.
- Her excellent performance redounded to the team’s benefit.
- The policy changes redounded to the citizens’ advantage.
- His poor decisions redounded to his own harm.
- The investment redounded to their financial success.