rev·e·nue

(rĕv′ə-no͞o, -nyo͞o)

1. The income of a government from all sources appropriated for the payment of the public expenses.

2. Yield from property or investment; income.

3. All the income produced by a particular source.

4. A governmental department set up to collect public funds.

[Middle English, from Old French, from feminine past participle of revenir, to return, from Latin revenīre : re-, re- + venīre, to come; see g^wā- in Indo-European roots.]

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revenue

(ˈrɛvɪˌnjuː)

1. (Economics) the income accruing from taxation to a government during a specified period of time, usually a year

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy)

a. a government department responsible for the collection of government revenue

b. (as modifier): revenue men.

3. (Banking & Finance) the gross income from a business enterprise, investment, property, etc

4. (Banking & Finance) a particular item of income

5. (Banking & Finance) something that yields a regular financial return; source of income

[C16: from Old French, from revenir to return, from Latin revenīre; see revenant]

ˈreveˌnued adj

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rev•e•nue

(ˈrɛv ənˌyu, -əˌnu)

n.

1. the income of a government from taxation and other sources, appropriated for 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.

[1375–1425; < Middle French, n. use of feminine past participle of revenir to return < Latin revenīre=re- re- + venīre to come]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	revenue - the entire amount of income before any deductions are made receipts, gross box office - total admission receipts for an entertainment gate - total admission receipts at a sports event amount, amount of money, sum, sum of money - a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"
	2.	revenue - government income due to taxation tax income, tax revenue, taxation government income, government revenue - income available to the government internal revenue - government revenue from domestic sources (excluding customs)

revenue

noun income, interest, returns, profits, gain, rewards, yield, proceeds, receipts, takings They wanted a big share of the revenue from the mine.
expenses, expenditure, outgoings

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Translations

إِيْرادإيراد، دَخْل، رَيْع

příjemtržbavýnosdůchod

indtægt

Einnahmen Staatseinnahmen

εισόδημα έσοδο

ingresos

liikevaihtotulotverotulot

revenu recette rente

prihod

állami jövedelem

tekjur; ríkistekjur

entrata reddito ricavo erario fatturato

収入

세입

įplaukos

ienākumiienākums

inkomen omzet

inntekter omsetning statsinntekter

dochód pieniężny

receita

доход выручка

intäkter

รายได้

gelir vergi geliri

doanh thu

收入收益税收

revenue

[ˈrevənjuː]

A. N (= profit, income) → ingresos mpl, rentas fpl; (on investments) → rédito m; [of country] → rentas fpl públicas
see also inland

B. CPD revenue account N → cuenta f de ingresos presupuestarios
revenue expenditure N → gasto m corriente
revenue stamp N → timbre m fiscal

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

revenue

[ˈrɛvənjuː] n → revenu mrevenue stream n → source f de revenus

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revenue

n (of state) → Staatseinkünfte pl, → öffentliche Einnahmen pl; (= tax revenue) → Steueraufkommen nt; (of individual) → Einnahmen pl, → Einkünfte pl; (= department) → Finanzbehörde f, → Fiskus m ? Inland Revenue, internal

revenue

revenue investigator

n → Steuerfahnder(in) m(f)

revenue officer

n → Finanzbeamte(r) m → /-beamtin f

revenue stamp

n (US) → Steuermarke f, → Steuerbanderole f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

revenue

[ˈrɛvənjuː] n → entrate fpl, reddito

revenue

(ˈrevinjuː) noun

money which comes to a person etc from any source or sources (eg property, shares), especially the money which comes to a government from taxes etc.

revenue

→ إِيْراد příjem indtægt Staatseinnahmen έσοδο ingresos verotulot revenu prihod reddito 収入 세입 inkomen omsetning dochód pieniężny receita доход intäkter รายได้ vergi geliri doanh thu 收入

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And yet, from the want of the fostering influence of commerce, that monarch can boast but slender revenues. He has several times been compelled to owe obligations to the pecuniary succors of other nations for the preservation of his essential interests, and is unable, upon the strength of his own resources, to sustain a long or continued war.

A nation cannot long exist without revenues. Destitute of this essential support, it must resign its independence, and sink into the degraded condition of a province.

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Every reader must recollect, that after the fall of the Catholic Church, and the Presbyterian Church Government had been established by law, the rank, and especially the wealth, of the Bishops, Abbots, Priors, and so forth, were no longer vested in ecclesiastics, but in lay impropriators of the church revenues, or, as the Scottish lawyers called them, titulars of the temporalities of the benefice, though having no claim to the spiritual character of their predecessors in office.

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Malicorne had taken to make his revenues fructify, twelve thousand livres might rise to twenty thousand.

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His revenues were rather less than 400 pounds yearly, and they were expended on the maintenance of one elephant and a standing army of five men.

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Thus far, I had not even meddled with taxation, outside of the taxes which provided the royal revenues. I had systematized those, and put the service on an effective and righteous basis.

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Many, they say, abandoned all the pleasures and vanities of life for solitude and religious austerities; others devoted themselves to God in an ecclesiastical life; they who could not do these set apart their revenues for building churches, endowing chapels, and founding monasteries, and spent their wealth in costly ornaments for the churches and vessels for the altars.

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Now, as the democracies which have been lately established are very numerous, and it is difficult to get the common people to attend the public assemblies without they are paid for it, this, when there is not a sufficient public revenue, is fatal to the nobles; for the deficiencies therein must be necessarily made up by taxes, confiscations, and fines imposed by corrupt courts of justice: which things have already destroyed many democracies.

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Abridgment: miniature Absurd: stupid, unpolished Abuse: cheat, deceive Aculeate: stinging Adamant: loadstone Adust: scorched Advoutress: adulteress Affect: like, desire Antic: clown Appose: question Arietation: battering-ram Audit: revenue Avoidance: secret outlet Battle: battalion Bestow: settle in life Blanch: flatter, evade Brave: boastful Bravery: boast, ostentation Broke: deal in brokerage Broken: shine by comparison Broken music: part music Cabinet: secret Calendar: weather forecast Card: chart, map Care not to: are reckless Cast: plan Cat: cate, cake Charge and adventure: cost and risk

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Livesey's; the rest were revenue officers, whom he had met by the way, and with whom he had had the intelligence to return at once.

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Next to the effectual establishment of the Union, the best possible precaution against danger from standing armies is a limitation of the term for which revenue may be appropriated to their support.

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With this loss of substance and exhaustion of strength, the homes of the people will be stripped bare, and three-tenths of their income will be dissipated; while government expenses for broken chariots, worn-out horses, breast-plates and helmets, bows and arrows, spears and shields, protective mantles, draught-oxen and heavy wagons, will amount to four-tenths of its total revenue.

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