The Next Wave of Websites--DeWese

The smart guys didn't know, however, that printers work hard to come by their money and don't part with it easily. Printers have payrolls due every Friday and the paper companies want their money on time. So most printers walk around worried about "cash flow" because they've got to meet their nut. "Cash flow" is a legitimate accounting term that, for printers, means cash is available to pay the bills and, if you are lucky, there's some left over. "Nut" is another term that means "the minimum cash flow you need to pay all the bills every week or every month." Nut is synonymous with "breakeven."