actuals
Not the projections
Actuals are real figures or results as opposed to estimates, projections, or budgets.
In business and accounting, actuals represent what actually happened: The actuals came in well under budget.
The term appears in phrases like actuals versus forecast when comparing predicted outcomes to reality.
In commodities trading, actuals are physical goods available for delivery rather than futures contracts.
Plan for spending
- forecastPrediction of future conditions
- varianceSpread around the mean
- projectionsEstimates extending forward
- estimatesRough calculations of value
ledger · reconciliation · year-end · quarterly · fiscal · audit · reporting · bookkeeping
What follows from effort
- outcomesFinal results achieved
- deliveredBrought to recipient
- achievedSuccessfully completed a goal
- realizedBecame aware of
targets · benchmarks · KPIs · metrics · tracking · dashboard · year-to-date · run-rate
budget
Plan for spending
- forecastPrediction of future conditions
- varianceSpread around the mean
- projectionsEstimates extending forward
estimates · ledger · reconciliation · year-end · quarterly · fiscal · audit · reporting · bookkeeping · closing
results
What follows from effort
realized · targets · benchmarks · KPIs · metrics · tracking · dashboard · year-to-date · run-rate · attainment
costs
Amounts required to pay
- spendingOutlaying of funds
- expenditureMoney paid out
- outlayMoney paid for something
disbursements · overheads · operating · CAPEX · OPEX · invoiced · billed · incurred · paid · reimbursements
output
What something generates
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- throughputProcessing rate over time
- unitsStandard measures of quantity
volume · capacity · manufacturing · inventory · shipments · delivery · on-hand · warehouse · logistics · supply chain
- box officebox office, gross, worldwide gross, opening weekend, ticket sales
- budget reportsoperating budget, capital budget, quarterly report, monthly report, annual report
- business metricsconversion rate, revenue, KPIs, sales figures, ROI
- cost analysiscost analysis, cost assessment, cost basis, cost savings, direct costs
- budgetsbudget, budgets, annual budget, capital budget, cash budget
- forecastsweather forecast, sales forecast, revenue forecast, budget forecast, profit forecast
actualsestimates
Rough calculations of value
projections · forecasts · predictions · approximations · guesses
actualsforecasts
Predicts future conditions
projections · budgets · targets · plans · expected values
- actual sizeMatching real dimensions
- well actually
- what the actual fuckAmplified profane incredulity
- Love ActuallyMulti-storyline December romantic comedy
- actual costTrue expenditure incurred
- actual timePresent moment precisely
actual, actually, actuality, actuate, actuator, actuated, actuation, actuates, actuating