plough sth back
— phrasal verb with plough UK US plow uk/plaʊ/us/plaʊ/verb [ I or T ]
to spend the money that a business has earned on improving that business:
All the profits are being ploughed back into the company.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Paying money
- ante
- chargeable
- congestion charge
- demurrage
- disburse
- discharge
- expense
- fork
- fork out sth
- overspend
- pay up
- payee
- put sth down 1
- repayable
- self-financing
- sink
- spring
- square
- tip
- worth
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