revenue

CEFRB1

/ˈɹɛvənjuː/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Money that a business or government receives from sales or taxes.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    All income generated for some political entity's treasury by taxation and other means.

Examples

  • He argues that the administration must look for alternative sources of revenue.

  • The administration cannot but look for alternative sources of revenue.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /ˈɹɛvəˌn(j)u/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The total income received from a given source.

  2. The income returned by an investment.

  3. The total sales; turnover.

More examples

In context

  • The government is currently facing a shortfall in tax revenue.

  • As a result of the decision of the Court of Appeal in Clark v. Perks (2001) 74 TC 187, the Revenue accepted that jack-up rigs similar to the rig on which the taxpayer worked should be treated as being a ship for the purposes of claiming foreign earnings deduc...

  • We in the Revenue and our National Insurance Contributions Office have held that money, as we could not trace this person, but up pops the person, having got the letter and we re-unite them.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Recorded in English from 1433, "income from property or possessions", from Middle French revenue, from Old French [Term?] (“a return”) (modern French revenu), the prop. feminine past participle of revenir (“come back”) (=modern French), from Latin revenire (“to return, come back”), from re- (“back”) + venire (“to come”).