1839, from out and put. Till c.1880, a technical term in the iron and coal trade. The verb is attested from c.1300, originally "to expel;" meaning "to produce" is from 1858.
Main Entry: out·put Pronunciation: 'aut-"put Function: noun : the amount of energy or matter discharged usually within a specified time by a bodily
system or organ <renal output> <urinary output> —see CARDIAC OUTPUT
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.
Out"put`\, n. 1. The amount of coal or ore put out from one or more mines, or the quantity of material produced by, or turned out from, one or more furnaces or mills, in a given time. 2. (Physiol.) That which is thrown out as products of the metabolic activity of the body; the egesta other than the f[ae]ces. See Income. Note: The output consists of: (a) The respiratory products of the lungs, skin, and alimentary canal, consisting chiefly of carbonic acid and water with small quantities of hydrogen and carbureted hydrogen. (b) Perspiration, consisting chiefly of water and salts. (c) The urine, which is assumed to contain all the nitrogen truly excreted by the body, besides a large quantity of saline matters and water. --Foster.
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