plow back

verb

To reinvest profits into a business.

“The dividends were small last year because we plowed back most of the money to buy new machinery”

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Meanings

verbplow back (third-person singular simple present plows back, present participle plowing back, simple past and past participle plowed back)

present singular third person plows back · participle present plowing back · participle past plowed back · past plowed back · alternative plough back

  1. To reinvest profits into a business.

    The dividends were small last year because we plowed back most of the money to buy new machinery

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