CASH FLOW | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of cash flow in English cash flownoun [ U ] uk /ˈkæʃ ˌfləʊ/ us /ˈkæʃ ˌfloʊ/ Add to word list Add to word list the amount of money moving into and out of a business: strong/improved cash flow [ before noun ] Small traders often have short-term cash-flow problems. Costs & expenses

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• all in
• at cost
• at someone's expense
• bank charges
• fee
• operating
• out-of-pocket
• outgo
• outlay
• overrun
• palimony
• redress
• remittance
• reserve
• RPI
• spend
• transfer fee
• upkeep

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Amounts of money (Definition of cash flow from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

cash flow | American Dictionary

cash flownoun [ U ] us /ˈkæʃ ˌfloʊ/ Add to word list Add to word list the rate at which money goes into, or into and out of, a business: As long as that positive cash flow continues, there'll be a need to spend it. (Definition of cash flow from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

cash flow | Business English

cash flownoun [ U ]   ACCOUNTING, FINANCE   (also cashflow) uk us Add to word list Add to word list the movement of money into and out of a company's accounts, used as a measure of how much money the company spends and receives and how much profit it makes over a particular period of time: good/healthy/strong cashflow It is a well-run company with strong cashflow.improve/maintain/maximise cash flow Bartering can help you generate sales and improve cash flow and profits. a cashflow problem/crisis  negative cash flow a situation in which a company spends more money than it receives in order to do business over a particular period: When starting a business you face a constant negative cash flow until your sales build up.  positive cash flow a situation in which a company receives more money over a particular period than it spends: Lenders like a positive cash flow because it provides some assurance that they might get their money back.

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free cashflow (Definition of cash flow from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of cash flow

cash flow An important situation where we encounter this particular cash flow pattern, and hence where our results can be applied, is the saving-consumption problem. From the Cambridge English Corpus He concludes that pension funds exist to pool longevity risk and to provide low risk inflation-protected long term cash flow streams. From the Cambridge English Corpus They consider the case were all cash flow payments ai are positive. From the Cambridge English Corpus The actuarial value of a future cash flow is just the net present value, corrected for survival. From the Cambridge English Corpus In addition, as revenues will decline over time as the soil becomes increasingly eroded, the current cash flow exceeds income. From the Cambridge English Corpus The most interesting line on the plot is the cumulative net cash flow. From the Cambridge English Corpus Consequently, cash flow was a constant predicament where participants in the industry were both creditor and debtor. From the Cambridge English Corpus This being the case, it becomes necessary to immunize the cash flow required to support the subsistence consumption stream. From the Cambridge English Corpus Unlike one-time sales, subscriptions generate steady cash flow and provide a convenient benchmark by which to measure growth. From the Cambridge English Corpus Typically, investments in real estate are less volatile, offer a stable cash flow, and serve well for portfolio diversification purposes. From the Cambridge English Corpus This directly measures a firm's ability to generate internal cash flow. From the Cambridge English Corpus This product helps institutional investors build a customized inflation-indexed cash flow stream. From the Cambridge English Corpus This improves farming enterprises' cash flow and allows farmers to use land that would otherwise lie fallow. From the Cambridge English Corpus The greatest uncertainty facing co-forestry groups in assessing cash flow is the market price for sawn timber. From the Cambridge English Corpus Essentially we calibrate the required cash flow in terms of consumption needs during retirement. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of cash flow These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of cash flow?

Translations of cash flow

in Chinese (Traditional) 現金流轉, 資金流轉… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 现金流转, 资金流转… See more in Spanish flujo de caja, flujo monetario/de caja/de efectivo, dinero disponible… See more in Portuguese fluxo de caixa, grana… See more in Turkish in French in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Ukrainian in Russian para hareketleri, para sıkıntısı… See more flux de trésorerie, argent (à dépenser)… See more cashflow, budget… See more hotovostní tok, hotovost… See more omsætning, pengestrøm, likviditet… See more arus kas… See more กระแสเงินสด, จำนวนเงินสำหรับใช้จ่าย… See more vòng xoay tiền mặt, dòng tiền… See more przepływ pieniędzy, budżet… See more kontantflöde, pengaproblem… See more aliran tunai… See more der Cashflow… See more kontantstrøm, kontantstrømming… See more рух грошових коштів, гроші, готівка… See more движение денег… See more Need a translator?

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More meanings of cash flow

• cash flow forecast
• negative cash flow
• discounted cash flow
• free cash flow, at free cashflow
• cash flow forecast, at cash budget
• cash flow prediction, at cash budget
• cash flow projection, at cash flow forecast

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