noun
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export earnings/revenue (= the money a company or country makes from exports )
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Oil and gas provide 40% of Norway’s export earnings.
generate revenue/profits/income etc
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Tourism generates income for local communities.
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
Inland Revenue
Internal Revenue Service
maximize profit/revenue etc
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The company’s main function is to maximize profit.
surplus cash/funds/revenues
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Surplus cash can be invested.
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■ ADJECTIVE
additional
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This additional revenue is then spent on non-emergency state activities; that is, it is displaced.
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Create additional revenue from membership fees 5.
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But after his first shot, Mr Smith will find it virtually impossible to raise much additional revenue from the better-off.
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Any additional revenue goes into funding more boys' towns.
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It can prove that it has secured additional revenue sources, while protecting our screens from unwelcome foreign imports.
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They also came from large conurbations able to provide additional revenue through commercial support and gate income.
annual
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The top 10 percent of the people receive half the annual revenue .
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C., with annual revenue of about $ 45 million.
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He ranks just fourth in total assets, with a nine-billion-dollar annual revenue flow.
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This was to he supplemented with one-third of the annual revenue .
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Yet Pitt during his first eight years managed to raise annual revenue from £12.5 million to £18.5 million.
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Together, the two companies will have $ 8. 4 billion in annual revenue .
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And the Wang derives almost half its annual revenue from Ballet rent, concessions and gimcrack sales.
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The combined company would have annual revenue of about $ 500 million.
extra
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The opening of Lydney Lakeside, plus the excellent visitors centre at Norchard, had brought in many extra passengers and revenue .
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In simplest terms, extra lines mean extra revenue .
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The 1925 Illuminations attracted an additional million passengers to the Promenade trams, bringing an extra revenue of £7,360.
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The recipients did not, and in the short run simply could not, spend the majority of their extra revenue .
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The result: millions of contented passengers, and millions of extra revenue .
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But extra tax revenue from working pensioners could claw back £130m.
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And it will generate extra revenue from the extra uses.
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Large bedrooms with two large beds accommodating the family for little or no extra cost means revenue from extra meals and drinks.
general
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About $ 220 million comes from taxes on cigarettes, and the rest from general revenue .
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Increasingly, however, city officials tended to speak of the grant as a source of general fund revenue .
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First, a surging economy has boosted state general fund revenue $ 2. 6 billion since last year.
local
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If you elect to become self-employed you will have to let your local inland revenue office know.
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Others will tighten their belts, downscale their programs, sell more t-shirts and look for local sources of revenue .
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First, ratepayers do not provide all, or even the major proportion of, local authority revenue .
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Only about 20 percent of local government revenue was being raised from households actually required to pay rates.
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Commentators instead emphasize that the poll tax is ultimately concerned with reducing local government revenue .
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It was used to argue that all members of the household should contribute to local revenue if they used local services.
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Various alternative schemes for raising local authority revenue have been proposed and are in operation in other countries.
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Having tried and failed to control spending the government then decided to control local revenue .
lost
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Firms within enterprise zones would not pay rates for ten years, local government being reimbursed for lost revenue by the Treasury.
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The inducement to give is greater, but by the same token there is a cost to the Exchequer in lost revenue .
marginal
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Equating marginal cost and marginal revenue , each firm will produce an output at which price exceeds marginal cost.
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In equilibrium this higher marginal revenue exactly offsets transportation costs.
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This excess of price over both marginal revenue and marginal cost is a convenient measure of the firm's monopoly power.
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The left-hand side represents marginal revenue .
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Theoretical transfer pricing is all very well, but in practice not many companies will know their marginal cost and revenue functions.
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Let R be the ratio of price to marginal revenue for good i as perceived by firms in some country.
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The profit-maximizing policy involves setting marginal revenue equal to marginal cost.
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As usual, marginal revenue equals the price times one minus one over the elasticity of demand.
new
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By increasing the Group's focus on the digital environment, Emap expects to generate significant new revenue streams.
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Nearly all of the cuts were made in proposals for increased spending, using new revenue from a surging economy.
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This brought in new allies, particularly from inland Karia, and new revenue .
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The increased salaries, in turn, have forced teams to scramble for new revenue sources.
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There are already early signs that this media flexible approach to our markets is creating opportunities to grow new revenue streams:?
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C., and generally increased the awareness of local officials about the new revenue sources represented by categorical grants.
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We expect to grow our digital operations significantly and build new revenue streams-particularly in e-commerce.
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The utility of the new revenue as well as its potential for conflict hinged on the strings attached to its use.
total
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In more than half of the years between 1713 and 1785 debt service took up more than 40 percent of total revenue .
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The maker of database and e-business software said total revenue grew by about 9 percent during the quarter.
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While all customs duties accrued to the federal government, it received only about one-third of total sales tax revenue in 1985.
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The difference between total revenue of $ 15 and total costs of $ 13 will be an economic profit of $ 2.
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The major Inland Revenue tax is personal income taxation whose yield is a quarter of total revenue raised.
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To evaluate the impact of government budgets, it is necessary to look at total revenue and total expenditures as a whole.
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This is the break-even point where total cost equals total revenue .
■ NOUN
account
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To neo-Keynesians it matters little what local authorities spend on revenue account .
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Previously it charged all operating costs, including those related to the management of investments, to revenue account .
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Few if any, local authorities produce a consolidated revenue account .
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This is mistaken because the charge to revenue accounts does not reflect cash flows, only loan redemptions.
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The effect of forcing loan redemptions through revenue accounts was to link financing of the assets with accounting for them.
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If there are effects on the revenue account , these will be accounted for when the revenue finance is required.
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Given the standard revenue account above there are two further issues which this objective versus subjective classification introduces.
advertising
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Emap boosted profits by 50% to £14.8m in the six months to October 3, despite flat advertising revenue .
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Between 200 and 300 new commercial stations could come on air in the 1990s and intense competition for advertising revenue is inevitable.
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They also say up to £70m in advertising revenue could be lost.
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They reckon that 90% of their advertising revenue from baseball each season is generated during post-season play.
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The station will carry religious, as well as documentary, news and drama material and will be funded by advertising revenue .
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Pan has been struggling financially: last year alone, advertising revenue fell by 20%.
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But what is more important? Advertising revenue or quality?
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For the commercial sector, advertising revenue has represented an ever-growing pool of funds.
growth
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And the proof of the pudding is 40% revenue growth worldwide year-on-year.
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See what the balance sheet is, look at revenue growth and see what will make revenues grow.
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The impact of this capacity is expected to start affecting revenue growth in the second quarter of 2000.
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The two Chairman insisted that revenue growth has as big a role in the merger justification as efficiency improvements through operating synergies.
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By 1980, when Arizonans capped county revenue growth , counties could not keep up with costs.
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But apart from securing revenue growth , the moves also help to lock clients more closely into the group.
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Our London radio stations, Magic and Kiss, produced the strongest revenue growth at 41 %, reflecting their rising audiences.
oil
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For years, economists here and abroad had said that oil revenue , if properly invested, could for ever sustain this nation.
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Much would depend on how the oil revenue is split.
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The State Department won, but demanded that the oil revenue should be spent only on things like health and education.
passenger
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For the year, revenue passenger miles increased 8. 8 % to 13. 3 billion.
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For the year, traffic rose 24 % to 1. 26 billion revenue passenger miles from 1. 02 billion.
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A revenue passenger mile is one paying passenger flown one mile.
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For the year, traffic fell 3. 8 % to 40 billion revenue passenger miles from 41. 6 billion.
petroleum
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Mr Lamont plausibly presented his reforms of petroleum revenue tax as taking sensible cognisance of a much-changed industry.
service
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These entered service in November 1995 and have now operated over 3,000 revenue service trips between Helsinki and Turku.
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Some lasted in revenue service a few more years however.
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This should allow the start of revenue services to the Airport by mid-2001.
source
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In political terms this failure forced heavy dependence on indirect revenue sources .
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The increased salaries, in turn, have forced teams to scramble for new revenue sources .
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In this way the influence of revenue source over programme content was minimized.
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C., and generally increased the awareness of local officials about the new revenue sources represented by categorical grants.
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The relative importance of these revenue sources can be seen in Fig. 12-1.
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They have three major revenue sources .
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It can prove that it has secured additional revenue sources , while protecting our screens from unwelcome foreign imports.
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In this case the objective is to close the fiscal gap between revenue sources and expenditure responsibilities between different authorities.
stream
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By increasing the Group's focus on the digital environment, Emap expects to generate significant new revenue streams .
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A revenue bond, on the other hand, is paid by a defined revenue stream , specified by the county.
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That capital is dead money until the revenue stream comes on line.
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In 1996, Massachusetts passed a law to provide an ongoing state revenue stream for connecting activities related to school-to-work.
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It's already got a revenue stream from its education courses.
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In time, as the portfolio of products develops, additional revenue streams are expected from e-commerce activities.
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However, in time, other revenue streams are expected from e-commerce opportunities.
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We expect to grow our digital operations significantly and build new revenue streams-particularly in e-commerce.
support
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What has happened to the statements that we expected on revenue support grant?
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I am one of those who believe that the revenue support grant makes the Schleswig-Holstein question a model of clarity.
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Another change in local government finance is that the rate support grant has been replaced by the revenue support grant.
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For 1992-3 it has budgeted revenue support of £30.2 million and capital investment of £8 million.
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It is important to consider the wider implications of the revenue support grant settlement as it applies to all London.
tax
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If the government wishes to raise tax revenue in order to subsidize the poor, it should levy a tax on films.
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Both activities cause the tax revenue necessary to pay for redistributive activities to melt away.
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Government need tax revenue to pay for public goods and to make transfer payments to the poor.
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It likely would generate more tax revenue than Sears.
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While all customs duties accrued to the federal government, it received only about one-third of total sales tax revenue in 1985.
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Population figures are used to divide up more than $ 500 million a year in state tax revenue among local governments.
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Variety of Taxes Governments can raise tax revenue only if they can identify the activities on which the tax rates apply.
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With economic growth, tax revenue grew faster than government expenditures.
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advertise
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The company says its lack of online advertising revenue is to blame.
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These ventures partner with software companies and share a cut of the advertising revenue .
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After that, he expects advertising revenue to cover the cost of supporting a customer.
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Sausalito-based Magellan also fell behind the pack when it came to pulling in advertising revenue .
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The station had almost no advertising revenue , and they conceived this idea, this promotion.
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The bigger the audience, the bigger the advertising revenue .
boost
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The proposed budget also would raise taxes and some federal fees, boosting revenue by about $ 80 billion.
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That helped to boost operating revenue 8. 2 percent, to 221. 66 billion pesetas.
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First, a surging economy has boosted state general fund revenue $ 2. 6 billion since last year.
bring
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The 1925 Illuminations attracted an additional million passengers to the Promenade trams, bringing an extra revenue of £7,360.
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My priority is to drive the business, bring in the revenue , no matter what it takes.
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This will also bring in useful revenue to promote the railway.
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In the end, the tax brought in much less revenue than originally forecast.
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But how much longer can these companies survive with nothing to sell to bring in revenue but plenty to spend money on?
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Herrera urged Congress to work out with the Minister of Finance some financial plan which would bring in additional revenue .
earn
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Answer guide: Broadly matching revenue with cost incurred in earning that revenue.
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Through the first nine months of 1995, Moscom earned eight cents on revenue of $ 12. 6 million.
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Central government clearly earns a substantial tax revenue from sport, both indirectly, on expenditure, and directly, on incomes.
estimate
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Between now and December, the company estimates that revenue will be down by a million pounds.
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It last estimated tourist revenue in 1992 at $ 4. 1 billion.
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Rent estimates made in 1995 were higher than actual revenue but were still used for estimating 1996 and 1997 revenue.
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She estimated revenue was $ 255 million, up from $ 214 million a year earlier.
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Conservatively estimate your expected revenue by month and for your year based upon when the check will be received.
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The company estimates that fourth-quarter revenue rose 26 % to roughly $ 9. 3 million from $ 7. 4 million.
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The estimated reduction in state revenue from the higher credit will be $ 635 million in fiscal year 1999.
expect
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First, obviously, they expect to raise enough revenue to pay for their own activities.
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The expected revenue from this source was depended upon to help turn back the enemy.
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What has happened to the statements that we expected on revenue support grant?
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For the full year, the company expects revenue to have risen about 16 %.
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Borland expects revenue for the quarter ended June 30 in the range of $ 34 million to $ 35 million.
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San Francisco-based McKesson said the contract is expected to generate revenue of $ 250 million in the first year.
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After that, he expects advertising revenue to cover the cost of supporting a customer.
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It expects revenue to exceed $ 100 million this year, up from $ 85 million last year.
generate
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It is also generating revenue from those customers.
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Calculated in the currencies where Sandoz generates its revenue , sales showed a 14 percent rise.
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Nightly champagne parties and weekly Concorde flights, although fun, unfortunately generate no revenue .
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The only way Riddick Bowe generates revenue is by fighting.
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By increasing the Group's focus on the digital environment, Emap expects to generate significant new revenue streams.
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Assist-A-Care generates annual revenue of more than $ 6 million.
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On this basis, by about 1996, sales of electronic information products will be generating more revenue than sales of books.
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San Francisco-based McKesson said the contract is expected to generate revenue of $ 250 million in the first year.
increase
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The effect was to increase revenue .
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It is intended that more trains will be run and the season extended in order to increase business revenue from all possible sources.
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That would increase revenue for station owners.
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In the meantime, the board had to try to increase revenue where it could.
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Four units posted double-digit increases in revenue and operating profits.
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Charging drivers to use certain roads is also seen as a way of increasing government revenue .
lose
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The lost revenue runs into several millions of pounds and several ISPs are believed to be affected.
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Fannie Mae loses interest revenue in a lengthy foreclosure.
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They want compensation from Manchester Airport for money they predict will be lost from visitor revenue .
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Over seven years, repeal would cost nearly $ 34 billion in lost revenue .
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Losing him meant that they lost a lot of revenue .
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Independent analysts say that such a plan would cost the federal treasury about $ 90 billion-a-year in lost revenue .
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Wholesalers and retailers in each state are howling about losing business and state revenue watchdogs are missing tax revenues.
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Real programs benefiting real people would have to take a heavy hit to make up for that magnitude of lost revenue .
produce
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A local tourist tax, for example, would produce little revenue in most parts of the country.
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Some Democrats say it would require a relatively high tax rate near 20 percent to produce sufficient revenue .
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Few if any, local authorities produce a consolidated revenue account.
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Our London radio stations, Magic and Kiss, produced the strongest revenue growth at 41 %, reflecting their rising audiences.
provide
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The last is particularly important as it should provide good long term revenue prospects.
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In 1996, Massachusetts passed a law to provide an ongoing state revenue stream for connecting activities related to school-to-work.
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All of those could have been candidates to provide extra revenue .
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Gullfaks, an oil field east of Statfjord, could provide the revenue lost from Sleipner.
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They also came from large conurbations able to provide additional revenue through commercial support and gate income.
raise
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Everybody likes a tax cut but the government would actually raise more revenue by cutting taxes.
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But fortunately, the spring training teams will play a few charity games to raise some needed revenue .
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If the government wishes to raise tax revenue in order to subsidize the poor, it should levy a tax on films.
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I am giving no figures ... This measure in the Budget is designed to raise revenue .
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The ability of the state to resolve these crises would depend on the states ability to raise revenue and mobilise public support.
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Those internal tour games would all raise substantial revenue .
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More effective means had to be devised to enforce the Forest law to protect vert and venison, and to raise revenue .
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And they wreak havoc with the goal of raising revenue efficiently.
spend
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Proper local accountability requires a substantial source of revenue , and freedom to spend that revenue or reduce it.
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Nearly all of the cuts were made in proposals for increased spending , using new revenue from a surging economy.
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Economists have usually held that trying to tie a government's hands to spend in line with revenue raised for particular purposes is impossible.
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To neo-Keynesians it matters little what local authorities spend on revenue account.
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Let the police spend the revenue on more speed cameras?
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Meantime, another sub-plot is running: £22m of capital receipts which the council has spent as revenue .
trade
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Other operating revenue rose to $ 551 million from $ 492 million, led by a surge in trading .
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The company cited surging credit card fees and securities trading revenue .
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In 1994, when bond prices plummeted, so did trading revenue .
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Stock and commodity trading revenue fell to $ 24 million from $ 31 million.
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Most of the gain was from trading revenue , which more than doubled to $ 369 million from $ 153 million.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the Inland Revenue
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Nintendo's estimated revenue totals $9 billion worldwide.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Answer guide: Qualitative factors are not capable of being quantified in terms of costs and revenue .
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But all these ideas mean a huge loss of revenue to the Treasury, in the hundreds of billions of dollars.
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First, obviously, they expect to raise enough revenue to pay for their own activities.
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The deal, which should be announced soon, calls for guaranteed revenue of at least $ 700, 000 in 1996.
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The temptation to their crews to barter their duty free stores for sterling constituted a high revenue risk at times.
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There had been so much revenue in the mortgage department between 1981 and 1986 that costs were a trivial issue.
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Total revenue for the year was estimated at N68,730 million.