future earnings
Anticipated later pay
Future earnings are income expected to be received in coming periods rather than currently.
The term appears frequently in legal and financial contexts—personal injury lawsuits calculate damages based on lost future earnings, while investors value companies partly on projected future earnings.
The settlement compensated her for future earnings she would have made as a surgeon.
- projectedCast outward or forecast
- revenueBusiness income total
- profitsFinancial surplus after costs
- cash flowMoney entering and exiting
- incomeRegular monetary receipts
bottom line · forecast · price to earnings · dividends · growth · potential · returns · investment · valuation · quarterly · analyst · guidance · outlook · estimates · upside · bull market · portfolio · stocks
- injury claimspersonal injury, injury claim, injury settlement, insurance claim, bodily harm
- damagescompensatory, punitive, punitive damages, nominal, actual