Revenue
WordNet
noun
(1) The entire amount of income before any deductions are made
(2) Government income due to taxation
WiktionaryText
Etymology
Recorded in English from 1433, "income from property or possessions", from revenue < from "a return" (modern French 'revenu'), the prop. feminine past participle of revenir "come back" (=modern French) from revenire "to return, come back", itself from re- "back" + venire "to come"
Noun
- The income returned by an investment
- The total income received from a given source
- All income generated for some political entity's treasury by taxation and other means
- The total sales; turnover.
- The net revenue, net sales.
Verb form
- the feminine form of revenu, the past participle of the verb revenir 'to come back, return'