Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

free cash flow

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English

Syllables: free -cash flow
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A measure of a company's financial performance, calculated as net income plus depreciation and amortization, less changes in working capital, less capital expenditure.

Example Sentences

"Free cash flow can be very negative for profitable, fast-growing businesses and very positive for unprofitable, declining ones."
"But its [Amazon's] dominance in its market helped it become a cash machine over time: $33bn in free cash flow in 2024, against $2bn 10 years before."

Inflected Forms

free cash flows (plural)

Questions

What does free cash flow mean?: A measure of a company's financial performance, calculated as net income plus depreciation and amortization, less changes in working capital, less capital expenditure.

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