private income

British

noun

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

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private income

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

From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2025

Instead, it would be funded by a CGF investment of £100m, plus private income.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2024

The revenue from the Duchy of Lancaster is used for the King's private income.

From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2023

Charles’ private income from the Duchy was £26.2 million, about £2 million more than his mother last made.

From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2023

Shelley’s writings brought him no profit whatever, and without a private income he could not have produced them, for he had not a hundred buyers.

From The Intellectual Life by Philip Gilbert Hamerton

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