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income

noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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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

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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

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A newcomer or arrival; an incomer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Scotland, archaic, countable, dialectal, uncountable

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5

noun

Meaning 5

An entrance-fee.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 6

A coming in as by influx or inspiration, hence, an inspired quality or characteristic, as courage or zeal; an inflowing principle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable

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7

noun

Meaning 7

A disease or ailment without known or apparent cause, as distinguished from one induced by accident or contagion; an oncome.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Scotland, UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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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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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: ᠣᠷᠤᠯᠭ᠎ᠠ (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
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