revenue
[noun]
Synonyms: income, gain, proceeds, profits, receipts, returns, takings, yield

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Contrasted words: expenditure, expense(s), outgoings, outlay
Related Words: earnings, gains, salary, wages, proceeds, profit, returns, yield

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

rev‧e‧nue W2 AC /ˈrevənjuː, ˈrevɪnjuː $ -nuː/ noun [uncountable] (also revenues [plural])
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: French; Origin: past particple of revenir 'to return']

1. money that a business or organization receives over a period of time, especially from selling goods or services ⇒ income:
advertising revenue
Strikes have cost £20 million in lost revenues.

2. money that the government receives from tax:
an increase in tax revenues of 8.4%
⇒ Inland Revenue, Internal Revenue Service

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

revenue
noun
ADJ. annual, yearly | expected, potential the firm's expected annual revenue
overall, total, worldwide | additional, extra | considerable, substantial | lost Tax fraud costs the country millions in lost revenue.
government, public, tax the main sources of public revenue
advertising, export, oil, sales, tourism, tourist, etc.
VERB + REVENUE depend on, need, rely on These television companies rely on advertising revenue for their funds.
earn, get, raise | collect The central government collects the tax revenue on behalf of local authorities.
spend, use | bring in, generate, produce, yield The project will not generate any revenue until 2010.
increase | reduce | lose
REVENUE + VERB be derived from sth, come from sth Their government's revenues come mainly from direct taxes.
go up, grow, rise | drop, fall, go down
PREP. in ~ a drop in revenue
~ from revenues from the sale of oil
PHRASES loss of revenue, a source of revenue Tourism is the island's main source of revenue.
 ⇒ Special page at BUSINESS

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲