cash flow

noun

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.

cash flow

noun

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

2. a prediction of such movement over a given period

Word History and Origins

Origin of cash flow¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

But in this case, it comes from not knowing how long the high returns for colossal capex will last, after which Amazonian levels of free cash flow are inevitable.

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“And if they do, they may have to do like Verizon, which carries a higher valuation than the cable guys and pays out almost all of its free cash flow as a dividend.”

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The company has been bleeding cash with free cash flow in negative territory in all but three of its last 14 quarters.

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“What is left of DuPont is a company of modest size…though of high quality…with solid growth…strong free cash flow potential…and compelling valuation,” he wrote.

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Instead, I was thrown straight into discounted cash flows, financial modeling and complex statement analysis.

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