income

[in-kuhm]

noun

1. 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.

2. 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.

   Synonyms: earnings, wages, salary, return, gains, annuity, interest
   Antonyms: expenditure, outgo

3. something that comes in as an addition or increase, especially by chance.

4. Archaic.,  a coming in.

income

/ ˈɪnkəm, ˈɪnkʌm /

noun

1. the amount of monetary or other returns, either earned or unearned, accruing over a given period of time

2. receipts; revenue

3. rare,  an inflow or influx

income

1. 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.

Other Word Forms

• incomeless adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of income¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of income¹

C13 (in the sense: arrival, entrance): from Old English incumen a coming in

Example Sentences

At first glance, your Social Security will be the lion’s share of your income, but investing at least some of your retirement will provide you with additional income.

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And Pennsylvania, with the second-highest prevalence, allows for Medicaid coverage for children with disabilities, regardless of parental income.

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Mr Galfione also blames rising costs of utilities, health and schools for reducing the disposable income of average people, and in turn making them less likely to buy clothes.

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Net interest income, a measure of the bank’s core lending business, rose 12%.

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Trade impacts were all but forgotten, Nohshad Shah, head of fixed income at Citadel told clients.

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Related Words

• cash 
• compensation 
• earnings 
• interest 
• livelihood 
• pay 
• proceeds 
• profit 
• revenue 
• royalty 
• salary 
• wage