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81Rolling forecast — is the process of simulating profit and loss accounts for a company on rolling basis.Traditionally, the budget process has been a one off event, albeit a long and arduous one. Forecasts, though more frequent, remain a series of one off quarterly… …
82Sales forecast — A key input to a firm s financial planning process. External sales forecasts are based on historical experience, statistical analysis, and consideration of various macroeconomic factors. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * sales forecast… …
83profit forecast — A prediction of future profits of a company, which may affect investment decisions. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * profit forecast profit forecast ➔ forecast1 * * * profit forecast UK US noun [C] ► ACCOUNTING a calculation of a company s… …
84sales forecast — A key input to a firm s financial planning process. External sales forecasts are based on historical experience, statistical analysis, and consideration of various macroeconomic factors. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * sales forecast UK US… …
85landing forecast — A forecast intended to meet the requirement of local users and of aircraft within about one hour’s flying time from the airport. Landing forecasts are of two types: self contained and trend type. A self contained forecast consists of a concise… …
86regional area forecast center — A meteorological center designated to prepare and supply area forecasts for flights departing from aerodromes within its service area and supply grid point data in digital form for up to world wide coverage (ICAO). A Contracting State, having… …
87world area forecast center — A meteorological center designated to prepare and supply upper air forecasts in digital form on a global basis to regional area forecast centers (ICAO). A contracting state, having accepted the responsibility for providing a WAFC within the… …
88shipping forecast — UK US noun [countable] [singular shipping forecast plural shipping forecasts] british a radio broadcast describing what weather conditions will be like for ships sailing on the sea Thesaurus: types of television or radio programme …
89World Area Forecast Center — A World Area Forecast Centre (WAFC) is a meteorological centre that provides real time meteorological information broadcasts for aviation purposes. These broadcasts are supervised by ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organisation) in order to… …
90Quantitative precipitation forecast — According to the United States [http://www.weather.gov National Weather Service s] [http://www.nws.noaa.gov/ndfd/index.htm National Digital Forecast Database] , The Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (abbreviated QPF) is the expected amount of… …
