Business

Business is an economic activity that involves the exchange, purchase, sale or production of goods services with a motive to earn profits and satisfy the needs of customers. Business can be both profit or non profit organisation that function to gain profit or achieve a social cause respectively.

Trade involves the transfer of goods and services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money. Economists refer to a system or network that allows trade as a market.Traders generally negotiate through a medium of credit or exchange, such as money.

Investment is traditionally defined as the "commitment of resources into something expected to gain value over time".If an investment involves money, then it can be defined as a "commitment of money to receive more money later".When expenditures and receipts are defined in terms of money, then the net monetary receipt in a time period is termed cash flow, while money received in a series of several time periods is termed cash flow stream.