revenue
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revenue¹
- /ˈɹɛvənjuː/ UK
- /ˈɹɛvənˌju/ US
- /ˈɹɛvəˌn(j)u/ US
- /ɹɪˈvɛnjuː/ obsolete
Where it comes from
Recorded in English from 1433, "income from property or possessions", from Middle French revenue, from Old French [Term?] (“a return”) (modern French revenu), the prop. feminine past participle of revenir (“come back”) (=modern French), from Latin revenire (“to return, come back”), from re- (“back”) + venire (“to come”).
noun revenues
- The income returned by an investment. In the seventh series of The X Factor in the UK, it's estimated the phone votes brought in more than £5.4 million in revenue.
- The total income received from a given source.
- All income generated for some political entity's treasury by taxation and other means.
- The total sales; turnover.
- The net income from normal business operations; net sales.
- A return; something paid back. a. 1892, Charles Spurgeon, a sermon What, no revenue of praise for him who is our gracious Lord and King! He doth not exact from us any servile labor, but simply saith, “Who so offereth praise glorifieth me.”
verb revenues · revenuing · revenued
- To generate revenue.
- To supply with revenue.
Revenue²
proper noun the Revenue
- The Inland Revenue, formed in 1849 and dissolved in 2005 to form part of HMRC. A body corporate is an entity with a legal personality of its own. The Revenue does not treat a Scottish partnership as a body corporate even though it has separate legal personality.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: taxation, tax revenue, gross, receipts, tax income, earnings, wages, turnover, income, collections, tax, profit, cash, dividend, salary, money
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noun income from an investment
| Español | retorno |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 수입 su'ip, 수익 su'ik |
| 日本語 | 収入 shūnyū, 収益 shūeki |
| 中文 | 收益 shōuyì |
| हिन्दी | संप्राप्ति samprāpti, आय āy, आमदनी āmadnī |
| Português | retorno, receita |
| Français | revenu |
| Deutsch | Einnahmen, Erlös, Einkommen |
| Italiano | reddito |
| Ελληνικά | έσοδο ésodo |
| Română | venituri |
| Русский | дохо́д doxód, поступле́ние postuplénije, вы́ручка výručka |
| Tiếng Việt | thu nhập |
| العربية | إِيرَاد ʔīrād |
| עברית | תְּשׂוּאָה tsuá |
noun total income from a given source
| Español | renta |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 收入 shōurù |
| Português | renda |
| Français | revenu |
| Русский | доход doxod, прибыль pribylʹ |
Talk about this word "revenue." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/revenue. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026. revenue. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/revenue "revenue." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 5, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/revenue.Cite this
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title = {revenue},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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