the pattern of receipts and expenditures of a company, government, etc., resulting in the availability or nonavailability of cash
See cash flow in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
The pattern of income and expenditures, as of a company or person, and the resulting availability of cash: The city improved its cash flow by borrowing against future revenues.
The cash receipts or net income from one or more assets for a given period, reckoned after taxes and other disbursements, and often used as a measure of corporate worth.