noun
revenue
REH-vuhn-yoo
noun
1
The total money a business, organization, or government takes in before costs are subtracted.
"The company's annual revenue topped $2 billion."
"The tax raises extra revenue for road repairs."
2
Income produced by an investment or asset.
"Rental properties generate steady revenue each month."
How to Use Revenue
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishMoney coming in — total income, before you subtract expenses.
Common mistake
Revenue is not the same as profit. Profit is what's left after costs are taken out of revenue.
Common pairings
annual revenue
tax revenue
revenue growth
generate revenue
Word Forms
revenued past tense, revenues plural, revenues singular
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Etymology
Entered English around the 1400s from Old French revenue, "a return", from Latin revenire, "to come back" — literally money that "comes back" to you.