capital budget:shows plans for buying long-term assets
-machinery and other things you expect to last several years
- and estimates the costs of those purchases.
capital gain: the increase in the value of an asset over a
period of time.
capitalism: an economic system based on the private
ownership of the factors of production, competition, and the
profit motive.
cash flow: money coming into a company and being paid out
by the company. Ideally you'd want to take in at least as much as
you pay out. On a personal level, you're having a cash flow
problem if you can't make your mortgage payments. You're not
necessarily poor; your house might be worth a lot if sold, but
you're still having cash-flow problems.
