[, ] () income that a business has left at the end of an accounting period after paying for its supplies, workers, etc. and any assets that it has bought, such as machinery or property; the state of having this income available to spend自由现金流（企业在会计期末支付完供货成本、工人工资以及购买机器和房产等资产的货款后剩余的收入）◆The group is anxious to generate free cash flow in order to repay debt.这个集团急于产生自由现金流以偿还债务。◆We expect to achieve free cash flow by the end of the year.我们期望在今年年底之前获得自由现金流。