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private income

British

noun

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

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This business has likewise become already established, and only requires the usual attention of standard goods to ensure a large and profitable income.

From The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 6, March, 1885 by Various

Even professed Christians can collect together heavy sums, when some great enterprise promises a profitable income.

From Thoughts on Missions by Dibble, Sheldon

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