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Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-kuhm
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪn kʌm

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Origin :
  • c.1300, "entrance, arrival," literally "what enters," perhaps a noun use of the late Old English verb incuman "come in," from in (adv.) + cuman "to come" (see come). Meaning "money made through business or labor" (i.e., "that which 'comes in' as a product of work or business") first recorded c.1600. Income tax is from 1799, first introduced in Britain as a war tax, re-introduced 1842; authorized on a national level in U.S. in 1913.
  • noun money earned by work or investments
Example sentences :
  • Every rational luxury is to be procured in England by such an income.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • "It is very disagreeable when one's income becomes a burden," said Christine gravely.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • The income of their uncle, the canon, was hardly sufficient for the family's needs.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
  • An elderly spinster; boarders are her distraction as well as a source of income.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • But, as I said before, a disaster happened, and there must then have been a falling off in the income.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • He did all this on an income which did not average, during his working career, 100l.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
  • The income—and that only to be paid in a foreign land, and while you remain there.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 » by Various
  • There was some mystery about Morris Barnes and the source of his income.
  • Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • Don't you see that she very likely has what all you gentlemen seem to be so anxious about—his income?
  • Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • His only interest is to discover the source of his brother's income.
  • Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim

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