plough back

verb

1. (tr, adverb) to reinvest (the profits of a business) in the same business

Example Sentences

Hundreds of women from the Marseille estates – including mothers who have lost family members in violent criminal disputes – have launched an appeal to the government to plough back the millions of euros confiscated each year from organised crime across the country into small local associations on impoverished housing estates.

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So firms plough back around 5% of revenues into researching how to make snow even when temperatures are around 0ºC.

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Ms Wood said: "If business people in that commission identify 10% of efficiency savings in the NHS to plough back into front-line services for staff, for doctors, for nurses then I will take that, but let us see what they come out with first."

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The government is now considering allowing consolidation in the market that would enable prices to rise and permit companies to make more profit to plough back in to infrastructure.

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"Any money that we are going to generate through that, potentially we can plough back into the game at grassroots level in Wales. "I've come back to Glamorgan very excited about hosting international matches but I'm a passionate Glamorgan supporter and I want the club to do well.

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