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Antonyms for revenue

Grammar : Noun
Spell : rev-uh n-yoo, -uh-noo
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɛv ənˌyu, -əˌnu

Definition of revenue

Origin :
  • early 15c., "income from property or possessions," from Middle French revenue, in Old French, "a return," noun use of fem. past participle of revenir "come back" (10c.), from Latin revenire "return, come back," from re- "back" (see re-) + venire "come" (see venue). Meaning "public income" is first recorded 1680s; revenue sharing popularized from 1971. Revenuer "U.S. Department of Revenue agent," the bane of Appalachian moonshiners, first attested 1880.
  • noun income, profit
Example sentences :
  • There is nothing to do but go over the revenue from the estate.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • We saw the revenue button on his coat, so we brought him down.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • We say, therefore, that governments must limit their expenditure to their revenue.
  • Extract from : « The Paper Moneys of Europe » by Francis W. Hirst
  • It was now Israel himself who suggested dubious means of revenue.
  • Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
  • It was my only revenue, however, and I continued to live upon it somehow.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Revenue officers were to come to-morrow to search his house.
  • Extract from : « The Little Manx Nation - 1891 » by Hall Caine
  • When every penny was gone he pledged his revenue in advance.
  • Extract from : « The Little Manx Nation - 1891 » by Hall Caine
  • With regard to the other sources of revenue which I contemplate, I admit, it is different.
  • Extract from : « On Revenues » by Xenophon
  • Any municipality with a revenue of £25,000 or above, is styled a "city."
  • Extract from : « Six Letters From the Colonies » by Robert Seaton
  • The revenue of the country is, indeed, increasing, though slowly.
  • Extract from : « Six Letters From the Colonies » by Robert Seaton

Synonyms for revenue

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