reinvest

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ invest.

Verb

reinvest (third-person singular simple present reinvests, present participle reinvesting, simple past and past participle reinvested)

1. To invest again, give another investment.
   • 2016 October 27, Seth Fiegerman, “Amazon stock tanks after disappointing profit”, in CNN Business‎:

     Jeff Bezos, Amazon's founder and CEO, has traditionally focused on reinvesting all (or almost all) profits back into big bets like fulfillment centers, hardware, video streaming and cloud computing.
     When Amazon chooses to turn the knobs slightly down on how much it reinvests and posts a slight profit, investors cheer.

   • 2022 May 11, Jeanne Sahadi, “Here’s what to do if you have a loss on an investment”, in CNN Business‎:

     Ideally when you harvest a tax loss you will immediately reinvest the money from the sale into an asset that is similar but not “substantially identical” to maintain the same exposure to a sector or asset class.

   • 2022 September 14, Paul R. La Monica, “As markets wobble, buy the stocks that pay you back”, in CNN Business‎:

     Quarterly or annual dividend payments provide good income streams for investors who need cash in the short-term. And for those playing the longer game, dividends can be reinvested to buy even more shares in those same companies.

Derived terms

• reinvestment

Translations

Translations

Italian: reinvestire

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