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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
revenue
noun
1: the entire amount of income before any deductions are made [syn: {gross}, {receipts}]
2: government income due to taxation [syn: {tax income}, {taxation}, {tax revenue}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
42 Moby Thesaurus words for "revenue": avails, box office, commissions, credit, credits, disposable income, dividend, dividends, earned income, earnings, gain, gains, gate, gate receipts, get, gross, gross income, gross receipts, income, intake, interest, make, net, net income, net receipts, output, proceeds, produce, profit, profits, receipt, receipts, receivables, returns, royalties, salary, take, take-in, takings, unearned income, wages, yield
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