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noun
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, especially by chance.
3.
Archaic. a coming in.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English: literally, that which has come in, noun use of incomen (past participle of incomen to come in), Old English incuman; see in, come
1250–1300; Middle English: literally, that which has come in, noun use of incomen (past participle of incomen to come in), Old English incuman; see in, come
Related forms
in·come·less, adjective
Synonyms
1. interest, salary, wages, annuity, gain, return, earnings.
1. interest, salary, wages, annuity, gain, return, earnings.
Antonyms
1. outgo, expenditure.
1. outgo, expenditure.
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Word Origin & History
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
EXPANDas a war tax, re-introduced 1842; authorized on a national level in U.S. in 1913. Incoming was originally of game approaching the hunter.
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Cultural Dictionary
income definition
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.
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