noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈɪnˌkʌm/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
Money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Money coming in to a fund, account, or policy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, commerce
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A coming in; arrival; entrance; introduction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A newcomer or arrival; an incomer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
That which is taken into the body as food; the ingesta; sometimes restricted to the nutritive, or digestible, portion of the food.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
noun
Meaning 9
the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: outgo
Broader terms: financial gain
Narrower terms: disposable income, double dipping, easy money, gravy train, EBITDA, Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization, net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings, cash flow, personal income, rental income, return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff, gross sales, gross revenue, sales, net sales, unearned income, unearned revenue, government income, government revenue, per capita income
History
Etymology
From Middle English income, perhaps continuing (in altered form) Old English incyme (“an in-coming, entrance”), equivalent to in- + come. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Íenkúumen (“income”), West Frisian ynkommen (“income”), Dutch inkomen, inkomst (“income, earnings, gainings”), German Low German Inkumst (“income”), German Einkommen, Einkunft (“income, earnings, competence”), Danish indkomst (“income”), Swedish inkomst (“income”), Icelandic innkváma (“income”).
Across languages
Translations
118 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
دَخْل
(daḵl)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Arabic:
إِيرَاد
(ʔīrād)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Armenian:
եկամուտ
(ekamut)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Assamese:
আয়
(ay)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Assamese:
উপাৰ্জন
(uparzon)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Azerbaijani:
gəlir
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Belarusian:
прыбы́так
(prybýtak)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Belarusian:
дахо́д
(daxód)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Bengali:
আয়
(aẏ)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Bulgarian:
до́ход
(dóhod)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Bulgarian:
при́ход
(príhod)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Burmese:
ဝင်ငွေ
(wangngwe)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Catalan:
renda
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Chinese Cantonese:
收入
(sau1 jap6)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Chinese Mandarin:
收入
(shōurù)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Czech:
příjem
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Czech:
důchod
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Danish:
indtægt
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Danish:
indkomst
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Dutch:
inkomen
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Esperanto:
enspezo
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Estonian:
tulu
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Estonian:
sissetulek
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Finnish:
tulo
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Finnish:
tulot
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Finnish:
ansiot
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
French:
revenu
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
French:
recette
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Galician:
renda
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Georgian:
შემოსავალი
(šemosavali)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
German:
Einkommen
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Greek:
εισόδημα
(eisódima)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Greek:
έσοδα
(ésoda)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Ancient Greek:
λῆμμα
(lêmma)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Hebrew:
הַכְנָסָה
(hakhnasá)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Hindi:
आय
(āy)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Hindi:
आमदनी
(āmadnī)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Hindi:
कमाई
(kamāī)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Hungarian:
bevétel
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Hungarian:
jövedelem
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Icelandic:
inntekt
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Icelandic:
tekjur
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Indonesian:
penghasilan
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Indonesian:
pendapatan
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Irish:
ioncam
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Irish:
teacht isteach
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Italian:
introiti
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Italian:
reddito
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Japanese:
所得
(shotoku)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Japanese:
収入
(shūnyū)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Karakhanid:
كِرِشْ
(kiriš)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Kazakh:
табыс
(tabys)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Kazakh:
кіріс
(kırıs)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Khmer:
បដិលាភ
(paʼdeliəp)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Khmer:
ចំណូល
(cɑmnoul)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Korean:
소득
(sodeuk)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Korean:
수입
(su'ip)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Northern Kurdish:
deramet
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Northern Kurdish:
dahat
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Kyrgyz:
киреше
(kireşe)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Kyrgyz:
доход
(dohod)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Lao:
ລາຍໄດ້
(lāi dai)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Latin:
reditus
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Latin:
fructus
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Latvian:
ienākums
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Lithuanian:
pajamos
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Macedonian:
приход
(prihod)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Malay:
pendapatan
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Malayalam:
വരുമാനം
(varumānaṁ)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Māori:
whiwhinga
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Māori:
whiwhinga moni
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Māori:
moni whiwhi
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Marathi:
आय
(āy)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Mongolian:
ашиг
(ašig)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Mongolian:
орлого
(orlogo)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Mongolian:
ᠠᠰᠢᠭ
(asiɣ)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Mongolian:
ᠣᠷᠤᠯᠭᠠ
(orulɣ-a)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Norwegian Bokmål:
inntekt
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Iranian Persian:
دَرْآمَد
(dar'âmad)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Iranian Persian:
دَخْل
(daxl)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Polish:
dochód
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Portuguese:
renda
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Portuguese:
rendimento
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Romanian:
venit
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Russian:
дохо́д
(doxód)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Russian:
прихо́д
(prixód)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Russian:
при́быль
(príbylʹ)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Russian:
за́работок
(zárabotok)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Russian:
поступле́ния
(postuplénija)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Scottish Gaelic:
teachd-a-steach
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Serbo-Croatian:
при́ход
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Serbo-Croatian:
príhod
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Slovak:
príjem
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Slovene:
dohodek
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Spanish:
ingreso
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Spanish:
renta
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Spanish:
ingresos
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Swahili:
mapato
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Swedish:
inkomst
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Tagalog:
kita
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Tajik:
даромад
(daromad)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Tajik:
дахл
(daxl)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Tatar:
керем
(kerem)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Telugu:
ఆదాయము
(ādāyamu)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Thai:
รายได้
(raai-dâai)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Turkish:
gelir
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Ukrainian:
прибу́ток
(prybútok)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Ukrainian:
дохі́д
(doxíd)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Ukrainian:
дохо́д
(doxód)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Urdu:
آمْدَنی
(āmdanī)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Urdu:
کَمائی
(kamāī)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Uyghur:
دارامەت
(daramet)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Uyghur:
كىرىم
(kirim)
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Uzbek:
daromad
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Uzbek:
kirim
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Uzbek:
kelim
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Vietnamese:
thu nhập
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others
Welsh:
incwm
— money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others