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cash flow
In finance, cash flow refers to the amounts of cash being received and spent by a business during a defined period of time and usually tied to a specific project.

In accounting, a cash flow projection sets out all the expected payments and receipts in a given period. Managers use cash flow projections to arrange for employees and creditors to be paid at appropriate times.

flow
The word flow has several different meanings:

- Flux is another word for flow, usually in an electrical context.
- Flow in fluid mechanics is the rate of movement of a fluid in volume or mass per unit time, such as gallons per minute or pounds per hour. See also rate of fluid flow.
- Flow, in psychology, is the feeling of complete and energized focus in an activity, with a high level of enjoyment and fulfillment as described by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.
- Flow in television is a term used about how channels try to hold their audience by announcing the coming programs.
- Dataflow and workflow are terms used in computing.

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