# revenue

Pronunciation: US say "REV-uh-noo" /ˈɹɛvəˌn(j)u/; UK say "REV-uh-nyoo" /ˈɹɛvənjuː/

## Noun

1. The total income a business receives from its normal activities, chiefly the sale of goods and services, before any costs are taken away; turnover.
   - Simple: All the money a company gets from selling things or services, before it pays any of its costs.
   - _The company reported quarterly revenue of $2.3 billion, up eight percent from a year earlier._
   - _Subscription fees now account for half of the streaming service's revenue._
2. The total income received from a particular source.
   - Simple: All the money that comes in from one place or activity.
   - _Revenue from the annual book sale covers most of the library's summer programs._
   - _The toll bridge generates steady revenue for the county each year._
3. All income raised for a government's treasury through taxation and other means.
   - Simple: The money a government collects from taxes and other sources.
   - _Falling oil prices cut sharply into the state's revenue last year._
   - _Customs duties once provided most of the federal government's revenue._
4. The government agency responsible for collecting taxes, called the Revenue in British usage and commonly Revenue in Ireland, with a capital R. *(Ireland, UK)*
   - Simple: The part of the government that collects taxes, called "the Revenue" in Britain and often just "Revenue" in Ireland.
   - _The Revenue has written to thousands of self-employed workers about late tax returns._
   - _My accountant spent a week on the phone to the Revenue over a mistake in last year's figures._
5. The income that an investment returns to the person or organization holding it.
   - Simple: The money that comes back to you from something you put money into.
   - _The endowment's revenue from dividends funds three scholarships each year._
   - _He retired early and lived on the revenue from his rental properties._
6. Something received or paid back in return; a recompense for one's actions or efforts. *(literary)*
   - Simple: Something you get back in return for what you gave or did.

## Other meanings

- (verb) To bring in income, whether from sales, investments, or some other source.
- (verb) To provide a person, group, or institution with income.

## Origin

Recorded in English from 1433 meaning "income from property or possessions," it comes from Middle French revenue, the feminine past participle of revenir ("come back"), literally "a return." This traces back to Latin revenire ("to return, come back"), from re- ("back") plus venire ("to come").

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