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revenue Definition

rev·enue (rev′ə no̵̅o̅′, -nyo̵̅o̅′)

noun

  1. the return from property or investment; income
    1. an item or source of income
    2. items or amounts of income collectively, as of a nation
  3. the income from taxes, licenses, etc., as of a city, state, or nation
  4. the governmental service that collects certain taxes

Etymology: ME < MFr < fem. pp. of revenir, to return, come back < re-, back + venir < L venire, to come

revenue Synonyms

revenue

n.

  1. Income

    return, earnings, result, yield, wealth, receipts, proceeds, resources, funds, stocks, credits, dividends, interest, perquisites, salary, profits, means, fruits, emoluments, annuity, acquirements, rents; see also income, pay 1, 2.

    Antonyms expenses*, outgoes, obligations.

  2. Governmental income

    wealth, revenue, taxation; see income, tax 1.

    Types of revenue include: direct tax, indirect tax, bonds, loans, customs, duties, tariff, tax surcharge, excise, property tax, income tax, sales tax, inheritance and death tax, land tax, poll tax, gasoline tax, school tax, franchise, license, grants, rates, bridge and road tolls, harbor dues, countervailing duties, differential duties, special taxation, patent stamps, stamp duties, registration duties, internal revenue, tax on spirits, tobacco tax, lease of land, sale of land, subsidy, capital gains, dividends.

revenue Finance Definition
Money that a company takes in from the sale of goods and services. On the balance sheet, revenues increase assets and stockholders’ equity. The cost of expenses is subtracted from total revenue to calculate net income. The term sales may be used interchangeably on a company’s net income statement as another word for revenue.
revenue Law Definition

n

Synonymous with income, derived from whatever source(s); that which comes back as a return on an investment. See also income.
revenue Usage Examples

Possessives

  • sportingbet: It's uncertain which sportingbet's revenues come he added.

Converse of object

  • generate: You may not submit Postings intended to promote and or generate revenue for yourself and or any third party business activity.
  • maximize: Your positive spirit and creative thinking is equally matched to maximize revenue across all platforms.
  • earn: Only those downloads for which 3 earns revenue will be counted.
  • raise: Ship Money - revenues raised for the purpose of building a fleet.
  • lose: Compensation under the scheme will cover lost revenue over the period during which airspace was closed.
  • maximize: PIPEX is also exploring avenues to maximize revenue from its wireless division which includes an exclusive 3.6 to 4.2 GHz national wireless license.

Adjective modifier

  • lost: That fact, combined with his three-day, money-back guarantee, has resulted in lots of unauthorized copying and lost revenue, he says.
  • total: They were richer by £ 1,000: the total ticket revenue of the event.
  • increased: This results in an improved user experience and increased revenue for website publishers.
  • annual: What sort of annual revenue is likely to be required for commercial services to be viable?

Modifies a noun

  • stream: Revenue stream by want to operate to shop around.
  • generating: All our revenue generating products will help to ensure the sustainability of the free public website.
  • expenditure: We have reflected an increase in revenue expenditure of £ 15 million from 2003/04.
  • budget: The cost of funding the post would be £ 31,900 in a full year which had been included in the approved revenue budget.
  • sharing: It's a win-win situation based on revenue sharing.

Noun used with modifier

  • advertising: Northcliffe's advertising revenues for the five months to February 2005 were 6.8 % ahead of the comparable period last year.
  • tax: Into the scene he's a one-man tax revenue from in a district.
  • oil: Oil revenue is funding the expansion of the war.
  • ad: Napster is hoping the free service will drive up traffic to the site, which in turn will drive up ad revenues.
revenue Quotes

[Alexander Hamilton] smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the public credit, and it sprang upon its feet.

—Webster, Daniel