What you'd probably say, and the word that makes you legible to an accountant, a banker or an investor. This field has more near-synonyms that mean different things than any other \u2014 profit and cash are the famous pair, and businesses die of confusing them.
\u201cFinance\u201d covers people with opposite jobs. An accountant records what happened; a financial planner projects what might. Naming which one you need saves a wasted appointment.
The working vocabulary. The last group is different in kind \u2014 it's about words chosen to shape what you conclude, and it's the one I'd read first.
Statements, quotes and account documents run on abbreviations. Here's how to read them.