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cashflow

Financial services; Finance

The movement of cash in and out of a business from day-to-day direct trading and other non-trading or indirect effects, such as capital expenditure, tax and dividend payments.

One of the three essential reporting and measurement systems for any company. The cashflow statement provides a third perspective alongside the Profit and Loss account and Balance Sheet. The Cashflow ...

cost of debt ratio (average cost of debt ratio)

Financial services; Finance

Despite the different variations used for this term (cost of debt, cost of debt ratio, average cost of debt ratio, etc) the term normally and simply refers to the interest expense over a given period ...

current assets

Financial services; Finance

Cash and anything that is expected to be converted into cash within twelve months of the balance sheet date.

act of god bond

Financial services; Finance

A bond issued by an insurance company, linking principal and interest to a company's losses due to natural disasters. Act of God bonds are issued by insurers to protect against unforeseen events.

accelerated depreciation

Financial services; Finance

It refers to any one of several methods by which a company, for 'financial accounting' or tax purposes, depreciates a fixed asset in such a way that the amount of depreciation taken each year is ...