REAP

[verb] - to cut and collect by hand (crops such as wheat) using a tool with a curved blade or, more generally, to obtain or receive (something) as a result of your own actionsThe villagers were out in the fields all day, reaping (the corn). [I or T]We sold them most of their modern weapons and now we are reaping the bitter harvest. [T]Lawyers are reaping a rich harvest from the current trend for suing the minute something goes wrong. [T]She studied every evening and reaped the benefit at exam time. [T]In retirement he reaped the rewards of his earlier investments. [T]To reap what you have sown is to benefit or lose as a result of something you did in the past.