revenue
noun
the income of a government from taxation, excise duties, customs, or other sources, appropriated to the payment of the public expenses.
revenues
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pluralof revenue.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In a highly anticipated report, the world's most valuable company shattered forecasts by unveiling revenues more than doubled on-year in the second quarter and said it expected another blowout in July-September.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Ship-tracking company Vortexa estimates that Iran has roughly 80 million barrels of crude in floating storage in Asian waters, representing billions of dollars of potential revenues for Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
These long-term, gold-denominated bonds — which were secured by Chinese tax revenues — helped to pay for China’s large-scale system of railways, ports and other infrastructure.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
"Bitcoin mining is particularly well suited to that model because it is flexible and interruptible, while AI workloads can provide longer-duration contracted revenues," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
These strangers cooperate so effectively that in 2008 Peugeot produced more than 1.5 million automobiles, earning revenues of about 55 billion euros.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
