Standard Lemma guide

revenue

name · noun · verb · 11 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛvənjuː/
  • General-American: rĕvʹə-n(y)o͞oʹ
  • General-American: /ˈɹɛvəˌn(j)u/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • obsolete: /ɹɪˈvɛnjuː/
  • CMU ARPABET: R EH1 V AH0 N UW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: R EH1 V AH0 N Y UW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

The Inland Revenue, formed in 1849 and dissolved in 2005 to form part of HMRC.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The income returned by an investment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The total income received from a given source.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

All income generated for some political entity's treasury by taxation and other means.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The total sales; turnover.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: accounting, business, finance

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

The net income from normal business operations; net sales.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: accounting, business, finance

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A return; something paid back.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable

Examples

  • a. 1892, Charles Spurgeon, a sermon What, no revenue of praise for him who is our gracious Lord and King! He doth not exact from us any servile labor, but simply saith, “Who so offereth praise glorifieth me.”

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To generate revenue.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To supply with revenue.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

the entire amount of income before any deductions are made

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gross, receipts

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money

Narrower terms: box office, gate

11

noun

Meaning 11

government income due to taxation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tax income, taxation, tax revenue

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: government income, government revenue

Narrower terms: internal revenue

History

Etymology

Recorded in English from 1433, "income from property or possessions", from Middle French revenue, from Old French [Term?] (“a return”) (modern French revenu), the prop. feminine past participle of revenir (“come back”) (=modern French), from Latin revenire (“to return, come back”), from re- (“back”) + venire (“to come”).

Across languages

Translations

142 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: إِيرَاد (ʔīrād) — income from an investment
  • Armenian: եկամուտ (ekamut) — income from an investment
  • Armenian: շրջանառություն (šrǰanaṙutʻyun) — income from an investment
  • Belarusian: прыбы́так (prybýtak) — income from an investment
  • Belarusian: дахо́д (daxód) — income from an investment
  • Bulgarian: до́ход (dóhod) — income from an investment
  • Bulgarian: при́ход (príhod) — income from an investment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 收益 (shōuyì) — income from an investment
  • Czech: výnos — income from an investment
  • Czech: příjem — income from an investment
  • Czech: důchod — income from an investment
  • Danish: indtægt — income from an investment
  • Danish: indkomst — income from an investment
  • Dutch: opbrengst — income from an investment
  • Dutch: omzet — income from an investment
  • Dutch: inkomen — income from an investment
  • Esperanto: enspezo — income from an investment
  • Estonian: tulud — income from an investment
  • Finnish: tuotto — income from an investment
  • French: revenu — income from an investment
  • German: Einnahmen — income from an investment
  • German: Erlös — income from an investment
  • German: Einkommen — income from an investment
  • Greek: έσοδο (ésodo) — income from an investment
  • Ancient Greek: πρόσοδος (prósodos) — income from an investment
  • Hebrew: תְּשׂוּאָה (tsuá) — income from an investment
  • Hindi: संप्राप्ति (samprāpti) — income from an investment
  • Hindi: आय (āy) — income from an investment
  • Hindi: आमदनी (āmadnī) — income from an investment
  • Hungarian: árbevétel — income from an investment
  • Ido: revenuo — income from an investment
  • Italian: reddito — income from an investment
  • Japanese: 収入 (shūnyū) — income from an investment
  • Japanese: 収益 (shūeki) — income from an investment
  • Kazakh: табыс (tabys) — income from an investment
  • Korean: 수입 (su'ip) — income from an investment
  • Korean: 수익 (su'ik) — income from an investment
  • Latin: reditus — income from an investment
  • Latvian: ieņēmumus — income from an investment
  • Latvian: ienākums — income from an investment
  • Lithuanian: pajamos — income from an investment
  • Macedonian: приход (prihod) — income from an investment
  • Malay: hasil — income from an investment
  • Malay: pendapatan — income from an investment
  • Māori: moniwhiwhi — income from an investment
  • Norwegian Bokmål: inntekt — income from an investment
  • Persian: دَرآمَد (dar-âmad) — income from an investment
  • Persian: دَخل (daxl) — income from an investment
  • Polish: dochód — income from an investment
  • Polish: przychód — income from an investment
  • Portuguese: retorno — income from an investment
  • Portuguese: receita — income from an investment
  • Romanian: venituri — income from an investment
  • Russian: дохо́д (doxód) — income from an investment
  • Russian: поступле́ние (postuplénije) — income from an investment
  • Russian: вы́ручка (výručka) — income from an investment
  • Sanskrit: राजस्वः (rājasvaḥ) — income from an investment
  • Scottish Gaelic: teachd-a-steach — income from an investment
  • Serbo-Croatian: при́ход — income from an investment
  • Serbo-Croatian: príhod — income from an investment
  • Slovak: výnos — income from an investment
  • Slovak: príjem — income from an investment
  • Slovene: prihodek — income from an investment
  • Spanish: retorno — income from an investment
  • Swedish: intäkt — income from an investment
  • Swedish: inkomst — income from an investment
  • Tajik: даромад (daromad) — income from an investment
  • Tajik: дахл (daxl) — income from an investment
  • Thai: รายได้ (raai-dâai) — income from an investment
  • Turkish: gelir — income from an investment
  • Turkish: kâr — income from an investment
  • Turkish: varidat — income from an investment
  • Ukrainian: прибу́ток (prybútok) — income from an investment
  • Ukrainian: дохі́д (doxíd) — income from an investment
  • Ukrainian: ви́торг (výtorh) — income from an investment
  • Urdu: آمَدَنی (āmadnī) — income from an investment
  • Vietnamese: thu nhập — income from an investment
  • Armenian: եկամուտ (ekamut) — total income from a given source
  • Chinese Mandarin: 收入 (shōurù) — total income from a given source
  • Dutch: inkomen — total income from a given source
  • Dutch: inkomsten — total income from a given source
  • Esperanto: enspezo — total income from a given source
  • Finnish: tulo — total income from a given source
  • French: revenu — total income from a given source
  • Ancient Greek: πρόσοδος (prósodos) — total income from a given source
  • Ido: revenuo — total income from a given source
  • Latin: reditus — total income from a given source
  • Malay: hasil — total income from a given source
  • Malay: pendapatan — total income from a given source
  • Māori: moni whiwhi — total income from a given source
  • Polish: dochód — total income from a given source
  • Portuguese: renda — total income from a given source
  • Russian: доход (doxod) — total income from a given source
  • Russian: прибыль (pribylʹ) — total income from a given source
  • Scottish Gaelic: teachd-a-steach — total income from a given source
  • Serbo-Croatian: prihod — total income from a given source
  • Spanish: renta — total income from a given source
  • Turkish: varidat — total income from a given source
  • Turkish: irat — total income from a given source
  • Danish: skatteindtægt — all income for some treasury by taxation e.a.
  • Dutch: staatsinkomsten — all income for some treasury by taxation e.a.
  • Dutch: overheidsinkomsten — all income for some treasury by taxation e.a.
  • Finnish: verokertymä — all income for some treasury by taxation e.a.
  • Finnish: kokonaistulot — all income for some treasury by taxation e.a.
  • French: revenu — all income for some treasury by taxation e.a.
  • French: revenus — all income for some treasury by taxation e.a.
  • Greek: εισόδημα (eisódima) — all income for some treasury by taxation e.a.
  • Hindi: राजस्व (rājasva) — all income for some treasury by taxation e.a.
  • Ido: revenuo — all income for some treasury by taxation e.a.
  • Indonesian: pendapatan — all income for some treasury by taxation e.a.
  • Japanese: 歳入 (sainyū) — all income for some treasury by taxation e.a.
  • Malay: hasil — all income for some treasury by taxation e.a.
  • Malay: pendapatan — all income for some treasury by taxation e.a.
  • Māori: moni whiwhi — all income for some treasury by taxation e.a.
  • Polish: dochód — all income for some treasury by taxation e.a.
  • Scottish Gaelic: teachd-a-steach — all income for some treasury by taxation e.a.
  • Spanish: recaudación — all income for some treasury by taxation e.a.
  • Armenian: շրջանառություն (šrǰanaṙutʻyun) — turnover, total sales
  • Catalan: rèdit — turnover, total sales
  • Czech: výnos — turnover, total sales
  • Danish: indtægt — turnover, total sales
  • Dutch: omzet — turnover, total sales
  • Dutch: zakencijfer — turnover, total sales
  • Esperanto: enspezo — turnover, total sales
  • Finnish: tulot — turnover, total sales
  • Finnish: liikevaihto — turnover, total sales
  • Finnish: myyntitulo — turnover, total sales
  • French: revenu — turnover, total sales
  • French: chiffre d'affaires — turnover, total sales
  • Greek: εισόδημα (eisódima) — turnover, total sales
  • Hindi: राजस्व (rājasva) — turnover, total sales
  • Ido: revenuo — turnover, total sales
  • Japanese: 収益 (shūeki) — turnover, total sales
  • Malay: hasil — turnover, total sales
  • Polish: obroty — turnover, total sales
  • Portuguese: receita — turnover, total sales
  • Russian: дохо́д (doxód) — turnover, total sales
  • Russian: вы́ручка (výručka) — turnover, total sales
  • Spanish: rédito — turnover, total sales
  • Swedish: omsättningen — turnover, total sales
  • Ukrainian: дохі́д (doxíd) — turnover, total sales
  • Ukrainian: прибу́ток (prybútok) — turnover, total sales
Real reading context

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