income
Americannoun
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revenue received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
For years, her only source of income was the small number of stocks her father left her.
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the money, or amount of money, received from one’s employment.
a household with three incomes;
a healthcare worker with an income that hasn’t increased in five years.
- Antonyms:
- expenditure , outgo
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something that comes in as an addition or increase, especially by chance.
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Archaic. a coming in.
noun
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the amount of monetary or other returns, either earned or unearned, accruing over a given period of time
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receipts; revenue
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rare an inflow or influx
Other Word Forms
- incomeless adjective
Etymology
Origin of income
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English: literally, “that which has come in,” noun use of incomen (past participle of incomen “to come in”), Old English incuman; in, come
Example Sentences
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The list compiles JPMorgan analysts’ top ideas aligned with value, growth, income, and short selling investing strategies.
From Barron's
Many on the Street have questioned Strategy’s ability to service its preferred dividends and debt interest costs, seeing as its Bitcoin holdings generate no income and its legacy software business yields little free cash.
From Barron's
However, the banking sector could see more muted investment income as interest rates stabilize, Woo adds.
Joban Singh, 27, based in Bakersfield, spent $80,000 to buy a truck because even though truck driving is a tough life, it provides a steady income to support his family.
From Los Angeles Times
They got hazard pay, family-separation pay and were freed from federal income tax.
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