Business GCSE
Cash Flow
What Cash Flow means in Business GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR.
Definitions of Cash Flow
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Reference: AQA
A record of actual receipts and payments.
The movement of money into and out of a business over a period of time.
The flow of money into and out of a business over a period of time.
The movement of money in and out of a business.
Topics that use Cash Flow
- Business planning (AQA GCSE)
- Cash flow (AQA GCSE)
- Sources of finance (AQA GCSE)
- Finance (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Cash Flow Forecast
- Net cash flow
- Short-term finance
- Accuracy and limitations of forecasting
- Application to context
- Break-even
- Break-Even Point
- Business plan
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