financial forecast
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3.8
- noun
- /faɪˈnænʃəl ˈfɔrˌkæst/
:
pronóstico financiero
- Based on the financial forecast, we need to reduce expenses to stay profitable next year.
Examples
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The starting point for this analysis was a long-range financial forecast that suggested the need for a combination of additional revenues and expenditure reductions totaling $39.6 million in order to provide general revenue funding through the year ending Aug. 31, 2002.
Academic text (2000) -
A realization that the long-range financial forecast predicted the revenue line would dip below the expense line in 2015-2016 forced Penn State to make a change, officials said.
Blog text (17) -
Examples of these are a formal business plan with a financial forecast and evidence of how they might fund premises, training, staff, and so on.
Academic text (2012) -
It's better to approach a lender with a positive financial forecast than when your balance sheet reflects a recession.
Academic text (2009) -
"The district's financial forecast for 2014-15 is not sustainable or viable, and the reserve would no longer exist," she added.
Blog text (1) -
Renesas is now reviewing the impact on the financial forecasts for the fiscal year ending March 2013.
Blog text (19) -
In the treasurer's latest five-year financial forecast, the financial situation for the district if the renewal passes and if it does not pass is included in the projection.
Blog text (28) -
She appointed a Special Master to help the parties make financial forecasts, and five months later the parties reached a revised settlement providing for uncapped settlement payments.
Academic text (2017) -
The company's financial forecast predicts an increase in revenue for the next quarter.
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Investors closely examined the financial forecast before deciding to fund the startup.
Synonyms
137
4.4
An estimate of a future result based on past and present data
How Certain
5
3.9
1
3.8
137
4.4
765
2.8
768
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'financial' (relating to money) with 'forecast' (an estimate of future conditions). This adjective + noun composition is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand the phrase.
Etymology
Financial forecast is like a weather report for money: the word forecast gives the image of looking ahead, and financial shows it is about a business's money. So a financial forecast is an 'estimate' of future income and expenses and helps companies plan.