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External source of finance — AQA GCSE Business Definition | GradeGen

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External source of finance

GCSE Business · key term

External source of finance

Definition

Funding obtained from outside a business, such as borrowing, investment from new shareholders or government grants.

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AQA GCSE Business · 8132

Paper 2

Revise: Raising Business Finance

AQA Business past papers

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Internal source of finance

Retained profit