discounted cash flow


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discounted cash flow

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(Accounting & Book-keeping) accounting a technique for appraising an investment that takes into account the different values of future returns according to when they will be received. Abbreviation: DCF
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Discounted Cash Flow Valuations is the amount a vessel would be expected to earn as a working vehicle, where value is expressed as the sum of the discounted projected annual earnings over the remaining life of the ship plus the discounted residual (scrap) value.
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The discounted cash flow method will facilitate investments by resident venture capital funds which generally invest at a premium taking into account the estimated cash flow of the companies in which they invest.
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