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revenue

Pronunciation: /ˈrɛvənjuː/
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Definition of revenue

noun

[mass noun] (also revenues)
  • income, especially when of an organization and of a substantial nature:traders have lost £10,000 in revenue since the traffic scheme was implemented
  • a state’s annual income from which public expenses are met: his priority was to raise government revenue and to lower expenditure the government’s tax revenues
  • (often the revenue) the department of the civil service collecting state revenue: when the revenue makes a demand for tax, that demand is implicitly backed by the powers of the stateSee also inland revenue.

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French revenu(e) 'returned', past participle (used as a noun) of revenir, from Latin revenire 'return', from re- 'back' + venire 'come'

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