Definitions for revenue

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revenue rev·e·nue

Spelling: [rev-uh n-yoo, -uh-noo]

IPA: /ˈrɛv ənˌyu, -əˌnu/

Revenue is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 65 anagrams from letters in revenue (eeenruv).

Definitions for revenue

noun

1. the income of a government from taxation, excise duties, customs, or other sources, appropriated to the payment of the public expenses.
2. the government department charged with the collection of such income.
3. revenues, the collective items or amounts of income of a person, a state, etc.
4. the return or yield from any kind of property, patent, service, etc.; income.
5. an amount of money regularly coming in.
6. a particular item or source of income.

Origin of revenue

1375-1425; late Middle English Middle French, noun use of feminine past participle of revenir to return Latin revenīre, equivalent to re- re- + venīre to Examples for revenue

In their effort to diversify their revenue, they have capitalized on traditional practices to new advantage.

It was now Israel himself who suggested dubious means of revenue.

Just wanted to place it in the context of slates needing picture choices that throw off revenue to make the numbers work.

We say, therefore, that governments must limit their expenditure to their revenue.

It was my only revenue, however, and I continued to live upon it somehow.

There is nothing to do but go over the revenue from the estate.

One area that would immediately benefit is revenue from ticket sales.

The Cuban government siphons off revenue from nearly every business transaction in the country.

Not to mention the revenue that will be generated by this, which then can be used to fund education and health care.

We saw the revenue button on his coat, so we brought him down.