REVENUE


Meaning of REVENUE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈre-və-ˌnü, -ˌnyü ]

noun

Usage: often attributive

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.