Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• CASH DISCOUNT PERIOD - The period of time during which a cash discount can be taken for early payment.
  
  
• CASH DIVIDEND - A dividend paid in cash to a company's shareholders. The amount is normally based on pr...
  
  
• CASH DRAW - see PROPRIETORS DRAW.
  
  
• CASH EARNINGS - is cash revenues minus cash expenses. This differs from earnings in that it does not in...
  
  
• CASH EQUIVALENT - Low-risk investments, such as money market funds or short-term certificates of deposi...
  
  
• CASH EQUIVALENT SECURITY - Is a term which has several meanings. It often refers to high grade instrume...
  
  
• CASH EQUIVALENTS - Defined by FASB as short-term, highly liquid investments that are both: (a) readily ...
  
  
• CASH FLOW - Cash flow is a measure of changes in a companys cash account during an accounting period (u...
  
  
• CASH FLOW / CURRENT PORTION OF LONG TERM DEBT - is a measure of the firm's ability to meet its obligati...
  
  
• CASH FLOW AFTER INTEREST AND TAXES - Net income plus depreciation.