51Թ

Advertisement

Advertisement

View synonyms for

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

/ ˈɛɪˌː /

noun

  1. the income accruing from taxation to a government during a specified period of time, usually a year
    1. a government department responsible for the collection of government revenue
    2. ( as modifier )

      revenue men

  2. the gross income from a business enterprise, investment, property, etc
  3. a particular item of income
  4. something that yields a regular financial return; source of income
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

revenue

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

Derived Forms

  • ˈ𱹱ˌԳܱ, adjective
Discover More

Other 51Թ Forms

  • ··Գ· [rev, -, uh, n-yoo-, uh, l, -, uh, -noo-, ri-, ven, -yoo-], adjective
  • ·Գܱ adjective
  • ԴDz··Գܱ adjective noun
Discover More

51Թ 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 “t return,” from Latin 𱹱ī, equivalent to re- re- + ī “t come
Discover More

51Թ History and Origins

Origin of revenue1

C16: from Old French, from revenir to return, from Latin reī ; see revenant
Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

And, third, any policy passed through budget reconciliation must directly affect federal spending, revenue, or the debt limit.

From

It catapults the US way above the G7 and G20 nations into levels of customs revenue, associated with Senegal, Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan.

From

Their stridently held belief that tax cuts produce more revenue, a notion dating from the late 1970s, should have been a tipoff: By that reasoning, reducing taxes to zero should produce infinite revenue.

From

Meta declined to comment, but its annual report cites the possibility that tariffs or a trade dispute could result in a drop of its China-based ad revenue.

From

Under California’s property tax system, local revenues increase primarily when properties are reassessed at sale.

From

Advertisement

Related 51Թs

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement