[rev.e.nue] n, often attrib [ME, fr. MF, fr. revenir to return, fr. L revenire, fr. re- + venire to come--more at come] (15c) 1: the total income produced by a given source "a property expected to yield a large annual ~"
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