revenue
pronunciation
How to pronounce revenue in British English:
UK [ˈrevənjuː]
How to pronounce revenue in American English:
US [ˈrevənuː]
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- Noun:
- the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
- government income due to taxation
Word Origin
- revenue (n.)
- early 15c., "income from property or possessions," from Middle French revenue, in Old French, "a return," noun use of fem. past participle of revenir "come back" (10c.), from Latin revenire "return, come back," from re- "back" (see re-) + venire "come" (see venue). Meaning "public income" is first recorded 1680s; revenue sharing popularized from 1971. Revenuer "U.S. Department of Revenue agent," the bane of Appalachian moonshiners, first attested 1880.
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Example
- 1. Revenue at both yahoo and aol is steadily falling .
- 2. As a result , local-government revenue is drying up .
- 3. Revenue replaced commerce as the company 's first concern .
- 4. He declined to disclose revenue numbers .
- 5. That would give it annual revenue of $ 134.4 billion .