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income
CEFRB1
/ˈɪnˌkʌm/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
Money received regularly from work or other sources.
- 02
noun
Extra detailA coming in; arrival; entrance; introduction.
Examples
Who will be the main beneficiary of the cuts in income tax?
Your income is about twice as large as mine is.
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsMoney coming in to a fund, account, or policy.
Money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others.
An entrance-fee.
More examples
In contextYour income is about twice as large as mine.
In 1970 the richest 1 percent made 9 percent of the nation’s income; now that top slice makes closer to 25 percent.
The struggle with ways and means had recommenced, more difficult now a hundredfold than it had been before, because of their increasing needs. Their income disappeared as a little rivulet that is swallowed by the thirsty ground.
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Origin
noun
From Middle English income, perhaps continuing (in altered form) Old English incyme (“an in-coming, entrance”), equivalent to in- + come. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Íenkúumen (“income”), West Frisian ynkommen (“income”), Dutch inkomen, inkomst (“income, earnings, gainings”), German Low German Inkumst (“income”), German Einkommen, Einkunft (“income, earnings, competence”), Danish indkomst (“income”), Swedish inkomst (“income”), Icelandic innkváma (“income”).