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to reinvest

to reinvest

20 3.9
To put money you earned back into a business or investment
  • verb
  • /ˌriːɪnˈvɛst/
translation icon : reinvertir
  • Many investors choose to reinvest their dividends to increase their overall returns.
  • reinvest profits
  • reinvested earnings
  • reinvest its income

But if you actually reinvest it, you pay no tax.

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Examples

  • Just make some sales and then use that cash to reinvest in to grow the business.

  • The hospital, being extremely wealthy, will use that money to reinvest and grow the economy.

    Blog text (11)
  • But if you actually reinvest it, you pay no tax.

  • And I would always save the money that I'd make and reinvest it to make more money.

  • For all these reasons, the Obama administration should reinvest in its relations with Latin America and the Caribbean.

    Academic text (2010)
  • With the lifting of sanctions against South Africa, it is hoped that American companies will reinvest in that country.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The central organization, South Shore Bank, is committed to providing credit to and reinvesting in the neighborhood.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Additionally, more than $11 million of the 1989 tax revenues from tourism were reinvested in the industry.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Hostess saved $110 million with the wage cuts, but did not reinvest it in the business.

    Blog text (11)
  • Most of those Turks are busy reinvesting at home, creating jobs, building wealth, and sustaining the middle class.

    Academic text (2007)

Synonyms

to invest
vsto reinvest
715 3.5

To put money, time, or effort into something hoping for a future benefit

uses money already earned or received to place it again for gain
to invest in
vsto reinvest
436 3.6

To put money, time, or effort into something to get money and other benefits later

uses returns or earnings to put resources into projects again
to reinvest dividend
vsto reinvest
  • Specialized
5.6

To use money paid by a company to buy more shares

uses earned or received money to buy assets again or start anew

Antonyms

to divest
  • Specialized
10 7.5

Sell off an asset or part of a business

Phrasal Verbs

to reinvest dividend
  • Specialized
5.6

To use money paid by a company to buy more shares

How Much

to capitalize
  • Specialized
3 5.5
to reinvest
20 3.9
to reinvest dividend
  • Specialized
5.6
to cash out
  • Informal
1 6.0

Surface Forms

reinvest infinitive
reinvested past
reinvested past participle
reinvesting present participle
reinvests third person singular

Morphology

reinvest = invest (transparent) = re + invest

The prefix 're-' straightforwardly adds the meaning 'again' to the verb 'invest'.

Etymology

The word reinvest is made of re- meaning 'again' and invest meaning 'to put money into something to get more back'. So to reinvest is to use money you have earned and put it back into a business, project, or savings to try to earn more.