to plough in more money

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• plough — (US plow) ► NOUN 1) a large farming implement with one or more blades fixed in a frame, drawn over soil to turn it over and cut furrows. 2) (the Plough) a prominent formation of seven stars in the constellation Ursa Major (the Great Bear). ► VERB …   English terms dictionary

• plough sth into sth — UK US plough sth into sth Phrasal Verb with plough({{}}UK (US plow) /plaʊ/ verb INFORMAL ► to invest money in a business, especially to help make it successful or to make more money: »The commercial arm of the company last year ploughed £30m into …   Financial and business terms

• plough back — (figurative) To reinvest (profits of a business) in that business • • • Main Entry: ↑plough * * * ˌplough ˈback [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they plough back …   Useful english dictionary

• plough — [plaʊ] , plow verb plough something → back into something phrasal verb [transitive] to put money that you have made back into a business, in order to make the business bigger and more successful, rather than giving it to shareholders: • The group …   Financial and business terms

• plough something into something — ˌplough sth ˈinto sth derived to invest a large amount of money in a company or project • The government has ploughed more than $20 billion into building new schools. Main entry: ↑ploughderived …   Useful english dictionary

• Plough Monday —    The first Monday after *Twelfth Day (6 January) and in rural communities this was traditionally the day on which farmworkers prepared to go back to work after the Christmas break, and to start the all important task of ploughing the fields… …   A Dictionary of English folklore

• plough — plough1 also plow AmE [plau] n 1.) a piece of farm equipment used to turn over the earth so that seeds can be planted 2.) under the plough BrE formal land that is under the plough is used for growing crops →↑snow plough plough 2 …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• plough — 1 usuallly plow AmE noun (C) 1 a large piece of farm equipment used to turn over the earth so that seeds can be planted 2 under the plough used for growing crops 3 the Plough especially BrE the group of seven bright stars seen only from the… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• plough — (US plow) noun 1》 a large farming implement with one or more blades fixed in a frame, drawn over soil to turn it over and cut furrows in preparation for the planting of seeds.     ↘land that has been ploughed. 2》 (the Plough) Brit. a prominent… …   English new terms dictionary

• plough into — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms plough into : present tense I/you/we/they plough into he/she/it ploughs into present participle ploughing into past tense ploughed into past participle ploughed into 1) plough into someone/something to crash… …   English dictionary

• plough back — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms plough back : present tense I/you/we/they plough back he/she/it ploughs back present participle ploughing back past tense ploughed back past participle ploughed back to put any profits made by a business back… …   English dictionary