private income


noun
  1. an income from sources other than employment, such as investment: Also called: private means

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How to use private income in a sentence

  • He most honourably refuses to take anything from his mother, and you know how small my private income is.

  • He had a small private income and knew how to make the best of his good looks by means of gentle manners and smart clothes.

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