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revenue

noun · Level 1 · Starter

What does revenue mean?

revenue (noun): the entire amount of income before any deductions are made.

Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.

How do you use revenue in a sentence?

Where does revenue come from?

Recorded in English from 1433, "income from property or possessions", from Middle French revenue.

Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What are synonyms of revenue?

From Princeton WordNet 3.1.

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What does “revenue” mean?

the entire amount of income before any deductions are made

Right! That's what “revenue” means.

a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

Not quite: that's what friend means.

the aggregate of past events, both unrecorded and recorded

Not quite: that's what history means.

information about current events disseminated by the media

Not quite: that's what news means.

Which word is closest in meaning to “revenue”?

today

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house

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place

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gross

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