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in·come 
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| 1. | the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments. |
| 2. | something that comes in as an addition or increase, esp. by chance. |
| 3. | Archaic. a coming in. |
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Income
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n.
[Middle English, arrival, entrance, from incomen, to come in, from Old English incuman : in, in; see in1 + cuman, to come; see come.] |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
income
c.1300, "entrance, arrival," lit. "what enters," perhaps a noun use of the late O.E. verb incuman "come in," from in (adv.) + cuman "to come" (see come). Meaning "money made through business or labor" first recorded 1601. Income tax is from 1799, first introduced in Britain as a war tax, re-introduced 1842; authorized on a national level in U.S. in 1913. Incoming was originally of game approaching the hunter.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| income | |
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| the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time [ant: expenditure] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
income [ˈiŋkəm] noun
money received by a person as wages etc
Example: He cannot support his family on his income.
See also: income-tax return, income taxExample: He cannot support his family on his income.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
income
The amount of money received during a period of time in exchange for labor or services, from the sale of goods or property, or as a profit from financial investments.
[Chapter:] Business and Economics
| The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
Income
In"come\, n. 1. A coming in; entrance; admittance; ingress; infusion. [Obs.] --Shak. More abundant incomes of light and strength from God. --Bp. Rust. At mine income I louted low. --Drant. 2. That which is caused to enter; inspiration; influence; hence, courage or zeal imparted. [R.] I would then make in and steep My income in their blood. --Chapman. 3. That gain which proceeds from labor, business, property, or capital of any kind, as the produce of a farm, the rent of houses, the proceeds of professional business, the profits of commerce or of occupation, or the interest of money or stock in funds, etc.; revenue; receipts; salary; especially, the annual receipts of a private person, or a corporation, from property; as, a large income. No fields afford So large an income to the village lord. --Dryden. 4. (Physiol.) That which is taken into the body as food; the ingesta; -- sometimes restricted to the nutritive, or digestible, portion of the food. See Food. Opposed to output. Income bond, a bond issued on the income of the corporation or company issuing it, and the interest of which is to be paid from the earnings of the company before any dividends are made to stockholders; -- issued chiefly or exclusively by railroad companies. Income tax, a tax upon a person's incomes, emoluments, profits, etc., or upon the excess beyond a certain amount. Syn: Gain; profit; proceeds; salary; revenue; receipts; interest; emolument; produce.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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