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cash flows

  • plural
    of cash flow.
    cash flow
    noun
    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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The rate of return he uses is dollar-weighted, which takes into account cash flows, dividends, etc.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

TCS has been the group's cash cow, contributing to some 85% of cash flows, but is no longer the pillar of support it once was.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

Subsequent years saw a drawn-out struggle across the industry to complete construction projects as shares plunged and cash flows dried up.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

You are a participant in wealth creation, in the cash flows of businesses you own a piece of.

From MarketWatch Aug. 17, 2026

A mortgage bond was a claim on the cash flows from a pool of thousands of individual home mortgages.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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