cash flow

Related to cash flow: Cash flow statement, Free cash flow

cash flow

Money that one has readily available. I can't go shopping again until my cash flow situation improves—I refuse to charge anything else this month.
See also: cash, flow
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

cash flow

n. cash; ready money. When I get a little cash flow at the end of the week, I’ll treat you to a hamburger.
See also: cash, flow
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • be there (for one)
  • been there
  • not know where to turn
  • not know which way/where to turn
  • stick at nothing
  • be (one's) middle name
  • be somebody's middle name
  • at elbow
  • at someone's elbow
  • at your elbow
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Other cash flow reporting issues clarified in the ASU include contingent consideration payments made after a business combination, proceeds from the settlement of corporate-owned life insurance policies, and beneficial interests in securitization transactions.
Exhibit 3 Unresolved Cash Flow Issues * Use of the "cash equivalent" concept * Definition of restricted cash * Required use of the direct method for reporting operating activities * Required reconciliation of net income to net cash flow operating activities * Classification of interest and dividend received and interest payments * Reporting situations using gross and net flows Gross and Net Cash Flows
"Cash flow, at least in the printing business, is very difficult," said Sanjay Sakhuja, owner and CEO of DPI, in the Intuit release.
Because the stock market tends to overvalue accounting earnings, there is a need to validate the quality of earnings that companies report by looking at its cash flows.
In the first case (constant cash flows), it is just the cash flow associated to each period.
Sloan (1996) found that stock prices fail to fully reflect information contained in the accrual and cash flow components of current earnings until that information impacts future earnings.
Hypothesis 5: High levered firms have high influence on cash flow sensitivity of cash holding.
Investment cash flow sensitivity and firm's financing constraints using legal institutions is examined by Marhfor et al.
The man behind “Generating Cash Flow Now and Later” is brilliant property investor, Jack Miller, who's touted as a “legend” in the real estate business.
Larger UK businesses (those with annual revenues between PS5m - PS20m) are less concerned about cash flow compared with smaller companies, with 6% saying they are "very" concerned, while 14% of firms with annual revenues between PS500,000 - PS1m, and 22% in the PS250,000 - PS500,000 bracket say they are "very" concerned.
"However, many businesses are missing out on effective alternative financing solutions such as invoice or supply chain finance and in doing so, are opening themselves up to unnecessary cash flow volatility and business risks.
Rapid growth can also cause cash flow difficulties with financial resources not keeping pace with rising overheads needed to sustain growth.
This section of the cash flow statement simply calculates the cash consumed and/or generated from these activities and displays the result for easy viewing.
1 Negotiate credit terms Think of cash flow as the most valuable part of the business.