Revenue
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.
6.
a particular item or source of income.
noun
1.
the income accruing from taxation to a government during a specified period of time, usually a year
2.
a government department responsible for the collection of government revenue
(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
revenue definition
The income of local, state, or national governments.
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