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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Most of Rhode Island’s top earners are small businesses that pass through income to individual owners.
US consumers in lower income groups are becoming more sensitive to prices when making spending decisions, showing reluctance to fork out for non-essentials, the Federal Reserve said in a report on Wednesday.
From Barron's
My part-time income would be supplemented by my investments, which currently total over $400,000 in two retirement accounts — not including the value of my home.
From MarketWatch
But Sting denies that they are entitled to a portion of his income from streaming and download sales.
From BBC
Economists say the most likely resolution of the current home-buying affordability crisis is a slow and steady improvement as buyers’ incomes rise, home-price growth remains slow and mortgage rates fall slightly from current levels.
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