plowback

Plowback for improvements to plant and equipment.

In the investment field, Retention Rate (also called earnings retention ratio, plowback ratio) is the proportion of net income that is not paid in dividends.

Note that part of the earnings is paid out as dividends and part of it is retained to fund growth, as given by the payout ratio and the plowback ratio.

After being designated a Naval Aviator, Foss graduated at Pensacola, Florida and was commissioned as a second lieutenant, then served as a "plowback" instructor at Naval Air Station Pensacola.