This glossary uses Visual Finance™ to bring financial terms to life. Each example shows data from the Round Number Company, a fictional business with simplified figures to make learning easier. For more details, visit 'How to Read Visual Finance'.
A calculation of the future value of expected inflows and outflows of cash.
Future cash flows need to be appropriately discounted to allow for the fact that money that comes back in next year is worth less than money that goes out today.
The above is our generic explanations of common corporate financial terminology. Actual meanings can vary widely from company to company; in order to have the correct internal definition you need to ask your Finance Department, "What do you mean by that?"
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