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Income

/ˈɪnˌkʌm/

Money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others.

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📖 Definitions of "Income"

noun

1
Money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others.
2
Money coming in to a fund, account, or policy.
3
A coming in; arrival; entrance; introduction.
4
A newcomer or arrival; an incomer.

↔️ Antonyms of "Income"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
expenditurenoun	(uncountable, countable) The amount expended; expense; outlay.
outlaynoun	The spending of money, or an expenditure.
outgonoun	(uncountable) The act or process of going out; (countable) an instance of this; an outgoing.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Income"

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Word	Definition
wagesnoun	one's total income for a time period
earningsnoun	Wages, money earned, income.
taxablenoun	Subject to taxation.
salarynoun	A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually calculated on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or autonomy.
revenuenoun	The total income received from a given source.
turnovernoun	The amount of money taken as sales transacted in a given period.
remunerationnoun	A payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument.
taxationnoun	The act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed.
taxnoun	Money or goods collected by a government (or an entity to whom the government has delegated this power, e.g. in tax farming) to fund itself and its services, for example by levying a charge on income, purchases (sales), property or harvest, other than that money which is collected by the government in exchange for specific goods (e.g. the purchase of surplus vehicles).
monetary	Of, pertaining to, or consisting of money.
taxpayernoun	A person who is subject to, liable for, or pays tax.
wagenoun	(often in plural) An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour.
cashnoun	(uncountable) Money in the form of notes or bills and coins, as opposed to checks, credit or electronic transactions.
paynoun	Money given in return for work; salary or wages.
profitnoun	(accounting, economics) Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price.
outputnoun	That which is produced by something, especially that which is produced within a particular time period or from a particular effort.
productnoun	Any tangible or intangible good or service that is a result of a process and that is intended for delivery to a customer or end user.
pensionnoun	(finance) An annuity paid regularly as benefit due to a retired employee, serviceman etc. in consideration of past services, originally and chiefly by a government but also by various private pension schemes.
interestnoun	(uncountable) A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity.
moneynoun	A generally accepted means of exchange.