What you'd probably say, and the word that makes you legible to an accountant, a banker or an investor. This field has more near-synonyms that mean different things than any other — profit and cash are the famous pair, and businesses die of confusing them.
“Finance” covers people with opposite jobs. An accountant records what happened; a financial planner projects what might. Naming which one you need saves a wasted appointment.
The working vocabulary. The last group is different in kind — it's about words chosen to shape what you conclude, and it's the one I'd read first.
Statements, quotes and account documents run on abbreviations. Here's how to read them.