revenue

English

Etymology

Recorded in English from 1433, "income from property or possessions", from Middle French revenue, from Old French "a return" (modern French 'revenu'), the prop. feminine past participle of revenir (“come back”) (=modern French), from Latin revenire (“to return, come back”), from re- (“back”) + venire (“to come”)

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Noun

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Wikipedia revenue (plural revenues)

  1. The income returned by an investment
  2. The total income received from a given source
  3. All income generated for some political entity's treasury by taxation and other means
  4. (accounting) The total sales; turnover.
  5. (accounting) The net revenue, net sales.

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Translations

income from an investment
total income from a given source
all income for some treasury by taxation e.a.
net revenue — see net revenue
turnover, total sales
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French

Etymology

From the verb revenir

Noun

revenue f (plural revenues)

  1. A physical return; arrival
  2. (hunting) The action of game leaving the forest to graze

Verb form

revenue f

  1. Feminine singular past participle of revenir
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