| 单词 | plowback |
| 释义 | plowback[ plou-bak ] / ˈplaʊˌbæk / nouna reinvestment of earnings or profits in a business enterprise. the money thus reinvested. Origin of plowbackFirst recorded in 1945–50; noun use of verb phrase plow back Words nearby plowbackploughstaff, plouk, Plovdiv, plover, plow, plowback, plowboy, plow into, plowman, Plowright, plowshare Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Idioms and Phrases with plowbackplow back 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] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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