plough sth into sth
informal— phrasal verb with plough UK US plow uk/plaʊ/us/plaʊ/verb [ I or T ]
to invest money (= give money hoping to get more back) in a business, especially to help make it successful or to make more money:
They ploughed all their savings into their daughter's business.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Investing money
- backer
- backing
- capitalize
- deposit
- endow
- financial adviser
- invest
- investment
- inward
- mature
- microfinance
- pay
- plough
- protect
- pump sth into sth
- punt on sth
- put sth up
- sink
- sink sth into sth
- speculate
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