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real income

[ ree-uhl, reel ]

noun

  1. the amount of goods and services that money income will buy.


real income

  1. Income measured in terms of the goods and services it can buy.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of real income1

First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences

Since 1993, the top 1% has seen a real-income growth of 58%, while the remaining 99% have seen their incomes grow just 6.4%.

Changes in retail prices may be made only in the light of planned provisions for the real income of the population.

The economic question is, Does luxury enhance the man's real income?

Money income is not, like real income, dependent on quantity.

The personal value of money depends on the relation between an individual's money income, and his real income, in terms of goods.

Money income grows faster than real income, through the extension of the money economy.

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