"cash flow" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cash flows [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cash flow (countable and uncountable, plural cash flows)
  1. (accounting) The sum of cash revenues and expenditures over a period of time. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Accounting Derived forms: free cash flow Translations (stream of funds): flux de caixa [masculine] (Catalan), 现金流通 (Chinese Mandarin), cashflow [neuter] (Danish), pengestrøm [common-gender] (Danish), kassavirta (Finnish), flux de trésorerie [masculine] (French), Cashflow [feminine] (German), Kassenbestand [masculine] (German), Geldfluss [masculine] (German), ταμειακή ροή (tameiakí roḯ) [feminine] (Greek), χρηματοροή (chrimatoroḯ) [feminine] (Greek), રોકડપ્રવાહ (rokḍapravāh) (Gujarati), arus kas (Indonesian), sreabhadh airgid [masculine] (Irish), aliran tunai (Malay), kapewhiti (Maori), kapewhiti o te moni (Maori), przepływy pieniężne [masculine, plural] (Polish), де́нежный пото́к (dénežnyj potók) [masculine] (Russian), flujo de caja (Spanish), kassaflöde [neuter] (Swedish), llif arian [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-cash_flow-en-noun-5J3k~Ojh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Topics: accounting, business, finance Disambiguation of 'stream of funds': 67 33
  2. (accounting) A statement of such transactions. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Accounting Translations (statement): 现金流 (xiànjīnliú) (Chinese Mandarin), pengestrømsopgørelse [common-gender] (Danish), kassavirtalaskelma (Finnish), état des flux de trésorerie [masculine] (French), tableau des flux de trésorerie [masculine] (French), tauākī kapewhiti (Maori), kassaflödesanalys [common-gender] (Swedish), finansieringsanalys [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-cash_flow-en-noun-V-hZi7Xi Topics: accounting, business, finance Disambiguation of 'statement': 0 100

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