revenue

Revenue is part of the Academic Word List. It is important for students in college and university.

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Noun

Singular revenue

Plural revenues

1. (uncountable) Revenue is the money that business receives for doing business, and government receives from taxes.

   Higher oil prices should raise government revenue by 13%.

   Individual taxpayers today provide a bigger share of our tax revenues than they did before.

   The company earned 20% of its revenues from services such as consulting, software and management.

   The City is happy because a new source of revenue has been located.

Synonyms

• income