government income derived from taxes, etc, within the country
internal revenue in American English
US
governmental income from taxes on income, profits, amusements, luxuries, etc.
internal revenue in American English
noun
the revenue of a government from any domestic source, usually considered to be any source other than customs
Word origin
[1790–1800, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1790–1800. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: backhanded, cannibalism, cutout, idealism, peanut