Free cash flow is net income plus depreciation and other cash charges, minus the capital expenditures necessary to maintain the business.

自由现金流是指净收入加上折旧和其他非现金支出，然后减去维持业务所需的资本支出的值。

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Cash flow is a better profit measure than earnings because it's harder to finagle bank balances than Numbers like depreciation schedules that figure into earnings.

现金流是一个比收益更好的衡量利润的指标，因为在银行存款数目上造假比在另一些计入收益的数目，如折旧表上造假要难。

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The different methods of depreciation of fixed asset result in different profits and in-fluence the corporation' s revenue and cash flow .

不同的折旧方法将会导致不同的报告利润，并对企业的税收负担、现金流量产生影响。

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FRS17 shortfall would amount to less than 25% of their free cash flow (profits plus depreciation).

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