revenue

[rev-uhn-yoo, -uh-noo]

noun

1. the income of a government from taxation, excise duties, customs, or other sources, appropriated to the payment of the public expenses.

2. the government department charged with the collection of such income.

3. revenues, the collective items or amounts of income of a person, a state, etc.

4. the return or yield from any kind of property, patent, service, etc.; income.

5. an amount of money regularly coming in.

6. a particular item or source of income.

revenue

/ ˈrɛvɪˌnjuː /

noun

1. the income accruing from taxation to a government during a specified period of time, usually a year

2. 1. a government department responsible for the collection of government revenue

   2. ( as modifier )

      revenue men

3. the gross income from a business enterprise, investment, property, etc

4. a particular item of income

5. something that yields a regular financial return; source of income

revenue

1. The income of local, state, or national governments.

Other Word Forms

• revenual adjective
• revenued adjective
• nonrevenue adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of revenue¹

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Middle French, noun use of feminine past participle of revenir “to return,” from Latin revenīre, equivalent to re- re- + venīre “to come ”

Word History and Origins

Origin of revenue¹

C16: from Old French, from revenir to return, from Latin revenīre ; see _revenant

Example Sentences

Google’s custom-chip business also gives it a major leg up in the AI race, enabling the company to save on infrastructure costs and opening up another revenue stream in the form of equipment rentals.

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Removing tariffs on these products will cut into government revenue, but not by much.

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Recently, sales have stalled in the Americas, its biggest market, accounting for two-thirds of net revenue.

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Lisa Adams, chief revenue officer at Hazelwood, Mo.-based TeeTurtle, which makes T-shirts, toys and games, said the company had to be far more precise in how it planned promotions.

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However, the Office for Budget Responsibility has now confirmed that although it did indeed downgrade productivity, it also predicted this would be "offset" by higher wages increasing the government's tax revenues.

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Related Words

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• earnings 
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