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Webster 1913 Edition

Revenue

Rev′e-nue

,
Noun.
[F.
revenu
, OF.
revenue
, fr.
revenir
to return, L.
revenire
; pref.
re-
re- +
venire
to come. See
Come
.]
1.
That which returns, or comes back, from an investment; the annual rents, profits, interest, or issues of any species of property, real or personal; income.
Do not anticipate your
revenues
and live upon air till you know what you are worth.
Gray.
2.
Hence, return; reward;
as, a
revenue
of praise
.
3.
The annual yield of taxes, excise, customs, duties, rents, etc., which a nation, state, or municipality collects and receives into the treasury for public use.
Revenue cutter
,
an armed government vessel employed to enforce revenue laws, prevent smuggling, etc.

Webster 1828 Edition

Revenue

REV'ENUE

,
Noun.
[L. revenio; re and venio, to come.]
1.
In a general sense, the annual rents, profits, interest or issues of any species of property, real or personal, belonging to an individual or to the public. When used of individuals, it is equivalent to income. In modern usage, income is applied more generally to the rents and profits of individuals, and revenue to those of the state. In the latter case, revenue is
2.
The annual produce of taxes, excise, customs, duties, rents, &c. which a nation or state collects and receives into the treasury for public use.
3.
Return; reward; as a rich revenue of praise.
4.
A fleshy lump on the head of a deer.

Definition 2024

revenue

revenue

English

Noun

revenue ‎(countable and uncountable, 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

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

revenue f

  1. feminine singular of the past participle of revenir

Etymology

Recorded in English from 1433, "income from property or possessions", from Middle French revenue, from Old French [Term?] ‎(“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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