discounted cash flow
noun[U]
FINANCE,ACCOUNTINGukus(abbreviationDCF)theamountthat aninvestment,company,project, etc. isworthnow,basedoncalculatingtheamountyouexpectit willcostandearnin thefuture, thenreducingthisfiguretorepresentitsvaluenow:
One way ofappraisingprojectsis to use amethodofdiscountingsuch asdiscountedcashflow(DCF) ornetpresentvalue(NPV).
discountedcashflowanalysis/calculation/method
See also
time value of money