Revenue

Quick meaning: Revenue is a noun meaning The income returned by an investment.

Meaning

The income returned by an investment.

More Meanings

1. The total income received from a given source.
2. All income generated for some political entity's treasury by taxation and other means.
3. (accounting) The total sales; turnover.
4. (accounting) The net income from normal business operations; net sales.
5. (figurative) A return; something paid back.
6. (intransitive) To generate revenue.
7. (transitive) To supply with revenue.

Example Sentences

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.

a. 1892, Charles Spurgeon, a sermon What, no revenue of praise for him who is our gracious Lord and King! He doth not exact from us any servile labor, but simply saith, “Who so offereth praise glorifieth me.”

Word Forms

• revenues
• revenuing
• revenued

Synonyms for revenue

Depending on context, synonyms include turnover, gross, taxation, receipts.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include taxation, gross, receipts, earnings, wages, turnover.

Related Dictionary Tools