cash flow

American  

noun

• cash flows
  plural

1. the sum of the after-tax profit of a business plus depreciation and other noncash charges: used as an indication of internal funds available for stock dividends, purchase of buildings and equipment, etc.

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cash flow British  

noun

1. the movement of money into and out of a business

2. a prediction of such movement over a given period

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• cash flows
  plural

Etymology

Origin of cash flow

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

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cash flow

JPMorgan forecasts net income across the AI ecosystem to exceed $1 trillion by 2028 and free cash flow to reach $700 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Still, he said, "in a market where valuations are increasingly dependent on ambitious revenue and cash flow projections, the headlines have been enough to trigger a meaningful one-day repositioning".

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Treating those investment activities like capex would have cut its free cash flow by half to $34.7 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The traditional formula overstates free cash flow in another way, especially at large tech companies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

He gobbled up the squash I bought him earlier, but my new cash flow didn’t convince him to stay.

From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins