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plowback

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plow⋅back

  [plou-bak]
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–noun
1. a reinvestment of earnings or profits in a business enterprise.
2. the money thus reinvested.
Origin:
1945–50; n. use of v. phrase plow back
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plow·back   (plou'bāk')   
n.  

  1. Reinvestment of profits in the business that earned them.

  2. An amount of profits thus reinvested.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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