Refers to the accounting method that recognizes revenues and expenses when cash is actually received or paid out. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary
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cash basis accounting UK US noun [U] (also cash accounting, cash basis)
► ACCOUNTING a method of keeping accounts in which amounts of money are recorded at the actual time they are spent or received: »
Businesses would expect to have fewer cashflow problems if they adopt cash basis accounting.
Financial and business terms. 2012.