plow back

1. Reinvest earnings or profits in one's business, as in This company plows back half its profits every year. This term transfers the farming practice of turning the soil from top to bottom to financial enterprises. [First half of 1900s]

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In other parts of the world success is rewarded with additional TV revenue and big-money purses for qualifying for continental tournaments, money those teams can plow back into their rosters, assuring the rich continue to get richer.

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The assignment: Start a business, pay back the initial costs invested by UW mentors, turn a profit to plow back into the program.

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"Critics say Sanders’s bill would constrict the flow of capital by preventing firms from buying back shares from their investors — money those investors then plow back into to the broader economy," the Washington Post reported.

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Critics say Sanders’s bill would constrict the flow of capital by preventing firms from buying back shares from their investors — money those investors then plow back into to the broader economy.

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That’s $800 million that businesses can plow back into growth and hiring, and it adds nicely to the more than $5 billion in tax cuts we’ve already done together and the $5 billion in workers’ compensation reductions we’ve already made.

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