income

[ in-kuhm ]

/ ˈɪn kʌm /

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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.

Words nearby income

incognizant, incoherence, incoherency, incoherent, incombustible, income, income account, income bond, income distribution, income fund, income group

Origin of income

1250–1300; Middle English: literally, that which has come in, noun use of incomen (past participle of incomen to come in), Old English incuman; see in, come

SYNONYMS FOR income

1 interest, salary, wages, annuity, gain, return, earnings.

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ANTONYMS FOR income

1 outgo, expenditure.

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OTHER WORDS FROM income

in·come·less, adjective

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Examples from the Web for income

“My dance instructor always says she earns most of her income from private teaching,” says Monir.
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I ask Atefeh and Monir if they see dancing as a form of income in the future, a potential career.
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However, since he was living at home, our income and assets disqualified him from SSI and Medicaid.
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Such waivers allow people to receive Medicaid benefits in HCBS settings regardless of income.
Medicaid Will Give You Money for At-Home Care, but You Might Wait Years|Elizabeth Picciuto|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST

At-home caretakers are eligible for Medicaid waivers, which allow benefits regardless of income.
Medicaid Will Give You Money for At-Home Care, but You Might Wait Years|Elizabeth Picciuto|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He asked nearly half the old lady's income; she sighed in relief.
Quisant|Anthony Hope
These are not the writers who make so much as a clerk's income out of the stage.
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Now, I defy the most able Englishman to go to Switzerland and either to gain that income, or to spend it there.
The Old Showmen and the Old London Fairs|Thomas Frost
Though the marquis lived magnificently, he found it difficult to spend more than half his income.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete|Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
The little property from which his income was derived was not within his power to bequeath.
Fenton's Quest|M. E. Braddon

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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Cultural 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.