re venue
ənˌyu, -əˌnu noun
1.
the income of a government from taxation, excise duties, customs, or other sources, appropriated to the payment of the public expenses.
2.
the government department charged with the collection of such income.
3.
revenues, the collective items or amounts of income of a person, a state, etc.
4.
the return or yield from any kind of property, patent, service, etc.; income.
5.
an amount of money regularly coming in.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the income accruing from taxation to a government during a specified period of time, usually a year |
| 2. | a. a government department responsible for the collection of government revenue |
| b. (as modifier): revenue men | |
| 3. | the gross income from a business enterprise, investment, property, etc |
| 4. | a particular item of income |
| 5. | something that yields a regular financial return; source of income |
| [C16: from Old French, from revenir to return, from Latin revenīre; see | |
| 'revenued | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
revenue
1433, "income from property or possessions," from M.Fr. revenue, from O.Fr., "a return," prop. fem. pp. of revenir "come back," from L. revenire "return, come back," from re- "back" + venire "come" (see venue). Meaning "public income" is first recorded 1690. Revenuer "U.S.
Department of Revenue agent," the bane of Appalachian moonshiners, first attested 1880.
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The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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