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Date: 1400-1500
Language: French
Origin: , past particple of revenir 'to return'

revenue

 noun
     
Related topics: Business Basics, Finance, Tax
rev‧e‧nue W2 [uncountable] also revenues
1BBBF money that a business or organization receives over a period of time, especially from selling goods or services [↪ income]:
advertising revenue
Strikes have cost £20 million in lost revenues.
2PET money that the government receives from tax:
an increase in tax revenues of 8.4%
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