private income

noun

1. an income from sources other than employment, such as investment Also calledprivate means

Example Sentences

The prince's private income from the Duchy of Cornwall rose by 3% to £18.3m.

From The Daily Beast

Until 1992 the monarch paid no tax on her private income whatsoever.

From The Daily Beast

Mr. Wilton's case was rendered far worse by the loss of a large private income derived from shares in the Central Bank.

From Project Gutenberg

His revenue, exclusive of his private income, amounts to three hundred thousand florins.

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If all that I fear be so, your private income, your principal itself, can be taken from you just as easily as your salary.

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He most honourably refuses to take anything from his mother, and you know how small my private income is.

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He had a small private income and knew how to make the best of his good looks by means of gentle manners and smart clothes.

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