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Revenue

/ˈɹɛvənjuː/

The income returned by an investment.

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📖 Definitions of "Revenue"

noun

1
The income returned by an investment.
2
The total income received from a given source.
3
All income generated for some political entity's treasury by taxation and other means.
4
The total sales; turnover.

verb

1
To generate revenue.
2
To supply with revenue.

🔄 Synonyms of "Revenue"

5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
grossnoun	(of an amount) Excluding any deductions; including all associated amounts.
taxationnoun	The act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed.
tax revenuenoun	The total revenue that a state, municipality etc. gets from all taxes.
receiptsnoun	the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
tax incomenoun	government income due to taxation

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Revenue"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
taxationnoun	The act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed.
tax revenuenoun	The total revenue that a state, municipality etc. gets from all taxes.
grossnoun	The total amount (of goods, money, etc) before taxes, expenses, exceptions, tares, or similar deductions are subtracted.
receiptsnoun	the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
tax incomenoun	government income due to taxation
earningsnoun	Wages, money earned, income.
wagesnoun	one's total income for a time period
turnovernoun	The amount of money taken as sales transacted in a given period.
incomenoun	Money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others.
collectionsnoun	(accounting) A department that attempts to collect on accounts that are beyond merely past due.
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).
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.
cashnoun	(uncountable) Money in the form of notes or bills and coins, as opposed to checks, credit or electronic transactions.
dividendnoun	(finance) A cash payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically (e.g., quarterly or annually).
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.
moneynoun	A generally accepted means of exchange.
fiscalnoun	A public official in certain countries having control of public revenue.
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.
proceedsnoun	Revenue; gross revenue.
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.