money back

Example Sentences

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The “profits” he shared with investors were mostly on paper, because many investors rolled the money back into the business in continuously revolving deals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Juin allegedly kept insisting that the deal would close imminently, but the classmate eventually asked for his money back.

From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026

“It’s hard to go out and raise new funds if you haven’t put any money back in the pockets of your previous investors.”

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

We were never going to be able to pay to make their money back.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

That is, he could tell his investors that they couldn’t have their money back until the bet he’d made with it had run its natural course.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis