revenue
Pronunciation: /ˈrɛvənjuː/
noun
- 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'