plowing back
Returning earnings internally
Plowing back means reinvesting profits into a business rather than distributing them to owners or shareholders: The company plowed back its earnings into research and development.
The agricultural metaphor suggests turning what you've harvested back into the soil to grow more.
Also appears as the noun plowback.
- ploughEarth-turning farm tool
- breaking groundStarting work on site
- retained earningsProfits kept by company
- infrastructure investmentSpending on foundational systems
- cash cowDependable income source
working capital · seed money · crop rotation · cover crops · regenerative farming · sustainable practices · organic farming · putting in the work · sweat equity · capital expenditure · growth strategy · long game · composting · agroecology · irrigation systems · shareholder value · reinvestment · nest egg
plowing backcashing out
Converting assets to cash
divesting · withdrawing · extracting · taking out · asset stripping
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