n.
Pronunciation: ' re-v ə - ˌ nü, - ˌ nyü
Function: noun
Usage: often attrib
Etymology: Middle English, return, revenue, from Anglo-French, from revenir to return, from Latin revenire, from re- + venire to come ― more at COME
Date: 15th century
1 : the total income produced by a given source <a property expected to yield a large annual revenue >
2 : the gross income returned by an investment
3 : the yield of sources of income (as taxes) that a political unit (as a nation or state) collects and receives into the treasury for public use
4 : a government department concerned with the collection of the national revenue