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单词 revenue
释义

revenue

[ rev-uhn-yoo, -uh-noo ]
/ ˈrɛv ənˌyu, -əˌnu /
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noun

the income of a government from taxation, excise duties, customs, or other sources, appropriated to the payment of the public expenses.
the government department charged with the collection of such income.
revenues, the collective items or amounts of income of a person, a state, etc.
the return or yield from any kind of property, patent, service, etc.; income.
an amount of money regularly coming in.
a particular item or source of income.

Origin of revenue

1375–1425; late Middle English <Middle French, noun use of feminine past participle of revenir to return <Latin revenīre, equivalent to re-re- + venīre to come

OTHER WORDS FROM revenue

rev·e·nu·al [rev-uhn-yoo-uhl, -uh-noo-, ri-ven-yoo-], /ˈrɛv ənˌyu əl, -əˌnu-, rɪˈvɛn yu-/, adjectiverev·e·nued, adjectivenon·rev·e·nue, adjective, noun

Words nearby revenue

Revels, revenant, revenge, revengeful, revenge porn, revenue, revenue agent, revenue bond, revenue cutter, revenue enhancement, revenuer
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British Dictionary definitions for revenue

revenue
/ (ˈrɛvɪˌnjuː) /

noun

the income accruing from taxation to a government during a specified period of time, usually a year
  1. a government department responsible for the collection of government revenue
  2. (as modifier)revenue men
the gross income from a business enterprise, investment, property, etc
a particular item of income
something that yields a regular financial return; source of income

Derived forms of revenue

revenued, adjective

Word Origin for revenue

C16: from Old French, from revenir to return, from Latin revenīre; see revenant
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for revenue

revenue

The income of local, state, or national governments.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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