income
[ in-kuhm ]
/ ˈɪn kʌm /
noun
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
something that comes in as an addition or increase, especially by chance.
Archaic. a coming in.
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salary, wage, revenue, profit, pay, cash, livelihood, compensation, royalty, earnings, interest, proceeds, gross, gravy, assets, means, honorarium, commission, net, payoff
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Origin of income
SYNONYMS FOR income
Related formsin·come·less, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for income
income
/ (ˈɪnkʌm, ˈɪnkəm) /
noun
the amount of monetary or other returns, either earned or unearned, accruing over a given period of time
receipts; revenue
rare an inflow or influx
Word Origin for income
C13 (in the sense: arrival, entrance): from Old English incumen a coming in
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Word Origin and History for income
income
c.1300, "entrance, arrival," literally "what enters," perhaps a noun use of the late Old English verb incuman "come in," from in (adv.) + cuman "to come" (see come). Meaning "money made through business or labor" (i.e., "that which 'comes in' as a product of work or business") first recorded c.1600. Income tax is from 1799, first introduced in Britain as a war tax, re-introduced 1842; authorized on a national level in U.S. in 1913.
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Culture definitions for income
income
The amount of money received during a period of time in exchange for labor or services, from the sale of goods or property, or as a profit from financial investments.
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