If you reinvest, you take money that has already grown from an investment — the extra money shares pay you, or the profit from selling something you owned — and you use it to buy more investments, instead of taking it out to spend. A person might reinvest what the shares paid, and so own a little more. A company might reinvest its profit in new machines, more stock, or another project.

If you reinvest如果你reinvest（再投資） you take money that has already grown from an investment你拿的是投資已經賺到的錢 the extra money shares pay you像股票額外付你的錢 or the profit from selling something you owned或賣掉你原本擁有的東西賺到的利潤 and you use it to buy more investments然後你用這筆錢去買更多投資 instead of taking it out to spend而不是把它領出來花掉 A person might reinvest what the shares paid一個人可能把股票配的錢再投資 and so own a little more這樣就能多擁有一點點 A company might reinvest its profit一間公司可能把利潤reinvest in new machines, more stock, or another project投入新機器、更多庫存、或另一個專案

Though actually, people stretch it. The tidy sense is: put investment gains back into investments. In company talk, reinvest often just means do not pay the profit out to owners; put it back into the business, even when the new spend is not another buy on the market.

Though actually不過其實 people stretch it大家會把這個字用得更鬆 The tidy sense is精確的意思是 put investment gains back into investments把投資賺到的錢再投回投資裡 In company talk在公司用語裡 reinvest often just means reinvest常常只是指 do not pay the profit out to owners不把利潤發給股東 put it back into the business把它留在公司裡 even when the new spend is not another buy on the market就算新花的錢不是拿去市場上再買一次也算

The word lives in money pages and company reports. At home people more often say they put the money back in.

The word lives in這個字常出現在 money pages and company reports財經版和公司報告裡 At home people在家常說話時 more often say they put the money back in人們比較常說「把錢再放回去」