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Credit terms under which the buyer generally has a week to 10 days to make the payment.
(CF).
The movement of cash in or out of a business, a project or a financial instrument in a particular period under review.


The cashflow for a given period may differ from the profit or loss for the same period because of:
(1) Items in cashflow 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
(2) Items in profit or loss which are not cashflows, such as depreciation, amortisation, or making accruals.


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Credit]]
* [[Accrual]]
* [[Amortisation]]
* [[Cash]]
* [[Cash conversion cycle]]
* [[Depreciation]]
* [[Free cash flow]]
* [[Incremental cash flows]]


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Revision as of 14:16, 23 October 2012

(CF). The movement of cash in or out of a business, a project or a financial instrument in a particular period under review.

The cashflow for a given period may differ from the profit or loss for the same period because of:

(1) Items in cashflow 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

(2) Items in profit or loss which are not cashflows, such as depreciation, amortisation, or making accruals.

See also