Revenue Meaning
/ˈɹɛvənjuː/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe income returned by an investment.
nounThe total income received from a given source.
Sentence Examples
The administration cannot but look for alternative sources of revenue.
He argues that the administration must look for alternative sources of revenue.
The government is currently facing a shortfall in tax revenue.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The new product line generated significant ____ for the company this year.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The government's ____ from income tax fell sharply during the recession as unemployment rose.
Word Origin & History
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”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"In the seventh series of The X Factor in the UK, it's estimated the phone votes brought in more than £5.4 million in revenue."
— 2021 September 15, Laura Martin, “How talent shows became TV's most bizarre programmes”, in BBC:
"A body corporate is an entity with a legal personality of its own. The Revenue does not treat a Scottish partnership as a body corporate even though it has separate legal personality."
— 2003, Michael Thomas, Stamp Duty Land Tax, Cambridge University Press, page 83:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The new product line generated significant ____ for the company this year.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The government's ____ from income tax fell sharply during the recession as unemployment rose.