The definition of income is the amount of money received by a person, group or company during a certain period of time.
(noun)An example of an income is a $70,000 a year salary.
See income in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: ME: see in & come
See income in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English, arrival, entrance
Origin: , from incomen, to come in
Origin: , from Old English incuman
Origin: : in, in; see in1
Origin: + cuman, to come; see come
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