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plow back

plow back verb: to reinvest profits into a business.

Verb

plow back (third-person singular simple present plows back, present participle plowing back, simple past and past participle plowed back)

  1. To reinvest profits into a business.
    • The dividends were small last year because we plowed back most of the money to buy new machinery

Forms of plow back

third-person singular presentplows back
present participleplowing back
past participleplowed back
pastplowed back
alternative formplough back

Questions about plow back

What does plow back mean?
Plow back means to reinvest profits into a business.
What part of speech is plow back?
Plow back is a verb.
What is the past tense of plow back?
The past tense of plow back is plowed back.

Words near plow back in the dictionary

  1. plovers
  2. plovery
  3. plovs
  4. plow
  5. plow ahead
  6. plow back
  7. plow down
  8. plow in
  9. plow into
  10. plow iron
  11. plow irons

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