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.

Derived Forms

• ˈreveˌnued, adjective

Other Words From

• rev·e·nu·al [rev, -, uh, n-yoo-, uh, l, -, uh, -noo-, ri-, ven, -yoo-], adjective
• reve·nued adjective
• non·reve·nue adjective noun

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

Media companies big and small have been on the hunt for direct consumer revenue as the Facebook-infused traffic era and “pivot to video” came to a close.

From Digiday

Morning Brew expects to generate $20 million in revenue for 2020.

From Digiday

Marie Claire generated as much revenue from e-commerce in the first seven months of 2020 than for all of 2019, she said.

From Digiday

The news and politics publisher Salon is likely to close out June and July with its revenues up year over year for both months, thanks to weeks of sustained highs in CPMs for its site inventory and RPM for its pages.

From Digiday

In 2019, annual revenue grew by 50%, so far this year ad revenue has grown by over 30% compared with the first six months of last year, the company said.

From Digiday

Yes, publicizing tragedy gets clicks, gets ad revenue, gets notoriety, and can be done for all the wrong reasons.

From The Daily Beast

It not only generates revenue, but it decimates communities.

From The Daily Beast

In their effort to diversify their revenue, they have capitalized on traditional practices to new advantage.

From The Daily Beast

The Cuban government siphons off revenue from nearly every business transaction in the country.

From The Daily Beast

Just wanted to place it in the context of slates needing picture choices that throw off revenue to make the numbers work.

From The Daily Beast

The seed of the Nile in many waters, the harvest of the river is her revenue: and she is become the mart of the nations.

From Project Gutenberg

All this was but an incident, to be sure, in the minister's general scheme for "ameliorating the revenue."

From Project Gutenberg

It may be that the Spanish authorities regarded the West Indian trade as a commercial system rather than as a means of revenue.

From Project Gutenberg

The revenue fox such a civil list would naturally be raised in America.

From Project Gutenberg

Trade and commerce drooped daily, and the revenue melted away rapidly every year.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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