Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of investing anew; a second or repeated investment.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of investing anew; a second or repeated investment.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun uncountable The condition of being reinvested
  • noun countable A second or subsequent investment in the same thing

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Examples

  • Returns to capital in a competitive market won't outperform the long run real interest rate, adjusted for risk, but that only equals GDP growth if reinvestment is the only outlet for returns.

    Social Security Privatization Debated, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • This lost capital reinvestment translates into fewer workers on business payrolls.

    Estates of Pain 2009

  • A drop of 6% in the third quarter was largely due to lower long-term reinvestment yields along with lower average levels of long-term fixed maturity invested assets due to share repurchases.

    unknown title 2011

  • Deutsche said the firms long-term reinvestment strategy is sound, but doesnt add up to a lucrative near term investment.

    Forbes.com: News MarketNewsVideo.com null 2010

  • For Gates, "surety" has often meant the Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW), a costly, long-term reinvestment in developing a new nuclear arsenal.

    The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) Blog 2009

  • Management rewards must be tagged to long term reinvestment and sustainable profits, not short term "boosts."

    The Truth About Cars 2009

  • In the fourth quarter of each year, the Annuity and Supplemental Insurance Group performs a comprehensive review of its major actuarial assumptions, including management's expectation of long-term reinvestment rates.

    Nachrichten Ticker - www.finanzen.net 2009

  • Money on the scale of what some of these people are paid would be far better spent in reinvestment in the company, on research, or on anything else that actually provides stockholders a greater return on their investment.)

    Bailed-out banks: Meet the pay czar 2009

  • There are things like preserving the right pool of funding to be available for community reinvestment, which is an important part of the approach that we would recommend on financial modernization.

    Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry ITY National Archives 1998

  • There is the credit crunch and consumer spending confidence, the fact that unless you are watching on a large screen the quality gain is not appreciable, there are cheaper alternatives and finally there is the library reinvestment which is not a small cost.

    Blu-ray Maybe Too Late Martyn Daniels 2009

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