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

• revenued adjective
• revenual 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

“There was nothing to trim and we had no revenue.”

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The software giant has massively boosted its long-term revenue targets, but the company isn’t saying much about how it will pay for the expensive expansion needed to generate such returns.

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Furthermore, several economic indicators suggest resilience rather than collapse, including convention bookings that are up slightly for the year and look to be strengthening, gaming revenues that have increased year-over-year, and continued workforce growth.

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Reeves has been encouraged by former Prime Minister Gordon Brown to increase taxes on the gambling sector and use the revenue from that to reduce child poverty.

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Gucci—the company’s largest brand by revenue—has suffered from slowing sales in China.

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Related Words

• credit 
• dividend 
• earnings 
• fund 
• gain 
• interest 
• pay 
• proceeds 
• receipt 
• return 
• salary 
• stock 
• wealth 
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