future flow

collocation in English

meaningsoffutureandflow

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future
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈfjuː.tʃər/
us
/ˈfjuː.tʃɚ/
happening or existing in ...
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flow
noun
uk
/fləʊ/
us
/floʊ/
the movement of something in ...
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(Definition offutureandflowfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffuture flow

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Those who are dropped lose access to thefutureflowof private goods, having gained a one-time large windfall payment from the new incumbent.
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Social well-being is defined as the present value of thefutureflowof utilities.
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The reason for the latter effect is that, if the interest rate were not constant, the present value of a constantfutureflowwould also vary.
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Thefutureflowof income from these investments will be to the enduring benefit of this country.
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This will improve thefutureflowof capital and market position.
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The training has to be tailored to the needs and the economic circumstances of thefutureflowof tradesmen.
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The position depends on thefutureflowof coal stocks, the amount of production, and a range of other matters.
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What is being accumulated are claims on thefutureflowof profit.
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Basically, it tries to anticipate the effects of shocks that occur today on the future flows of net contributions.
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This is not appropriate when well-being is the object, however, because capital gains can affect future flows of benefits from capital stocks, just as physical changes (net investment) can.
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However, in urban situations, other factors such as development proposals could influence future flows.
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The finished link must have the capacity to deal with increased future flows.
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Let me not be so bold as to predict future flows of litigation which obviously depend upon a large number of imponderables.
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What impact will that have on future flows of aid, both in loan and in grant, to the poorest countries?
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It is obtained discounting future flows of economic benefits to the present period.
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