private income

British

noun

Also called: private means. an income from sources other than employment, such as investment

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Career officials objected to letting Musk have private income data of millions, but they were overridden.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2025

The Duchies are the main sources of private income for the royal family.

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2023

They show that he has weathered the financial woes faced by his nation, raking in a bigger private income than his mother ever did.

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2023

That extra money was classed by the debt company as private income and meant she could be signed into a Trust Deed.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2023

His private income made him easily independent of earnings artistic or otherwise.

From The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography by Dawson, A. J. (Alec John)

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