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Accounting

CASHFLOW kæʃ floʊ

23 Mar 2023

Noun

  • the amount of money moving through a company.
Example Sentence: Accountants can advise on systems for managing cashflow.
 

CAPITAL EXPENDITURE kæpɪtl ɪkˈspɛndɪtʃə

22 Mar 2023

Noun

  • the cost of long-term improvements.
Example Sentence: They do not have enough cashflow to cover their capital expenditure.
 

TURNOVER tɜrnˌoʊvər

13 Mar 2023

Noun

  • the rate at which employees join and leave a company.
Example Sentence: The turnover of workers in the new restaurant business is very high.
 

TURN OVER tɜrn oʊvər

12 Mar 2023

Phrase

  • to do business to a certain amount of money/products.
Example Sentence: We turned over most of our stock last month.
 

RED INK rɛd ɪŋk

14 Feb 2023

Phrase

  • debt (the red ink on a financial statement).
Example Sentence: The automobile company has much red ink because of the bad economic conditions.
 

KEEP BOOKS kip bʊks

18 Jan 2023

Phrase

  • to keep records of money that is gained or spent.
Example Sentence: The new sales manager does not know how to keep books and he has made many mistakes.
 

LIQUID ASSETS lɪkwɪd æsɛts

06 Jan 2023

Phrase

  • property or belongings that can easily be converted to cash.
Example Sentence: The company had to sell some of its liquid assets in order to raise cash.
 

IN THE RED  

31 Dec 2022

Phrase

  • to be losing money, to be unprofitable.
Example Sentence: The company has been in the red since the price of oil began to rise rapidly.
 

IN THE BLACK  

29 Dec 2022

Phrase

  • to be successful, to be making money, to be profitable.
Example Sentence: The new company has been in the black for many years now.
 

GO OVER THE BOOKS  

22 Dec 2022

Phrase

  • to check and analyze the accounting records of a company.
Example Sentence: We hired an outside accountant to go over our books.
 

A NUMBER CRUNCHER  

14 Dec 2022

Noun

  • an accountant, someone who works with numbers.
Example Sentence: Our president is a good number cruncher and he understands the finances of the company.
 

CRUNCH NUMBERS krʌntʃ nʌmbərz

09 Dec 2022

Phrase

  • to do mathematical calculations.
Example Sentence: Our accountant loves to crunch numbers and he is one of the top managers in the company.
 

CLOSE UP SHOP  

07 Dec 2022

Phrase

  • to stop doing business (for a variety of reasons.)
Example Sentence: The university bookstore had to close up shop when their rent was increased.
 

CLOSE THE BOOKS  

06 Dec 2022

Phrase

  • to stop taking orders, to end a bookkeeping period.
Example Sentence: The company will close the books at the end of December.
 

BUDGET CRUNCH/SQUEEZE  

28 Nov 2022

Phrase

  • a situation where there is not enough money in the company.
Example Sentence: There is a severe budget squeeze at our company and we must stop wasting money.
 
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