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The movement of cash in or out of a business, a project or a financial instrument in a particular period under review.
A way of ranking available sources of energy, especially electrical generation, in order of their costs of production, so that the most efficient are more likely to be called to generate, rather than less efficient plant.




The cash flow for a given period may differ from the profit or loss for the same period because of:
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#Items in cash flow which are not part of profit or loss.  For example capital expenditure or the collection of trade debtors arising and recognised in prior periods; and
Marginal economics of production when their marginal cost is below the power price.
#Items in profit or loss which are not cash flows, such as depreciation, amortisation, or making accruals.
 
 
Cash flow is sometimes written ''cashflow''.
 
 
== See also ==
* [[Accrual]]
* [[Amortisation]]
* [[Cash]]
* [[Cash conversion cycle]]
* [[CertICM]]
* [[Depreciation]]
* [[Free cash flow]]
* [[Incremental cash flows]]
* [[Profit]]
 
 
===Other links===
[http://www.treasurers.org/node/9020 Students: Cash in, The Treasurer, May 2013]
 
[[Category:Manage_risks]]
[[Category:Cash_management]]
[[Category:Liquidity_management]]

Revision as of 09:10, 22 August 2013

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A way of ranking available sources of energy, especially electrical generation, in order of their costs of production, so that the most efficient are more likely to be called to generate, rather than less efficient plant.


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Marginal economics of production when their marginal cost is below the power price.

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