Cambridge O Level Business Studies · Syllabus 7115 · Financial Information and Decisions
Business Finance
What is Business Finance?
Money raised by a business to fund its activity, obtained either from inside the business or from outside it, and used to pay for start-up costs, expansion or day-to-day operations. Finance is distinct from revenue, which is the value of sales, and from profit, which is what remains after all costs have been deducted from revenue over a period.
This definition is part of the Financial Information and Decisions chapter in Cambridge O Level Business Studies.
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