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Definition of Revenue
1. Noun. The entire amount of income before any deductions are made.
Specialized synonyms: Box Office, Gate
Generic synonyms: Amount, Amount Of Money, Sum, Sum Of Money
Derivative terms: Gross, Gross
2. Noun. Government income due to taxation.
Generic synonyms: Government Income, Government Revenue
Specialized synonyms: Internal Revenue
Derivative terms: Tax
Definition of Revenue
1. n. That which returns, or comes back, from an investment; the annual rents, profits, interest, or issues of any species of property, real or personal; income.
Definition of Revenue
1. Noun. The income returned by an investment ¹
2. Noun. The total income received from a given source ¹
3. Noun. All income generated for some political entity's treasury by taxation and other means ¹
4. Noun. (accounting) The total sales; turnover. ¹
5. Noun. (accounting) The net revenue, net sales. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Revenue
1. the income of a government [n -S] : REVENUAL, REVENUED [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Revenue
Literary usage of Revenue
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith (1789)
"die deficiency of many particular branches of cHA P. revenue. The fources of this
general or ... revenue of the Society. THE revenue which muft defray, ..."
2. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1908)
"Stmt. of revenue receipts from corporation fees by secy. ... 1862-1904 Stmt.
of revenue receipts by cos. from savings bank tax under provisions of acts of ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"During the whole of the thirty years from 1840-41 to 1870-71, there were but few
annual periods without a -in plus of revenue over expenditure. ..."
4. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association (1922)
"An act to provide revenue to defray war expenses, and for other purposes.
[Washington. ... Edwin RA The war revenue act. Political Science Quarterly, v. ..."
5. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"Wenck conteste the accuracy of Gibbon's version of Plutarch, and supposes that
Pompey only raised the revenue from 50000000 to 85000000 of drachms ; but the ..."
6. Report by Colorado, Division of Finance, Dept. of Finances and Taxation (1916)
"These receipts are credited to tl-.is fund pending the determination by audit of
the amounts to be transferred to the several general revenue funds. ..."
7. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1907)
"revenue AND TAXATION. HY GOVERNOR GEORGE C. PARDEE. Mr. Chairman, Ladies and ...
in the revenue and taxation laws of this State. But you are all taxpayers ..."
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