revenue

[ rev-uhn-yoo, -uh-noo ]
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noun
  1. the income of a government from taxation, excise duties, customs, or other sources, appropriated to the payment of the public expenses.

  2. the government department charged with the collection of such income.

  1. revenues, the collective items or amounts of income of a person, a state, etc.

  2. the return or yield from any kind of property, patent, service, etc.; income.

  3. an amount of money regularly coming in.

  4. a particular item or source of income.

Origin of revenue

1
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Middle French, noun use of feminine past participle of revenir “to return,” from Latin revenīre, equivalent to re- re- + venīre “to come

Other words from revenue

  • rev·e·nu·al [rev-uhn-yoo-uhl, -uh-noo-, ri-ven-yoo-], /ˈrɛv ənˌyu əl, -əˌnu-, rɪˈvɛn yu-/, adjective
  • rev·e·nued, adjective
  • non·rev·e·nue, adjective, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for revenue

revenue

/ (ˈrɛvɪˌnjuː) /


noun
  1. the income accruing from taxation to a government during a specified period of time, usually a year

    • a government department responsible for the collection of government revenue

    • (as modifier): revenue men

  1. the gross income from a business enterprise, investment, property, etc

  2. a particular item of income

  3. something that yields a regular financial return; source of income

Origin of revenue

1
C16: from Old French, from revenir to return, from Latin revenīre; see revenant

Derived forms of revenue

  • revenued, adjective

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Cultural definitions for revenue

revenue

The income of local, state, or national governments.

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