revenue

UK /ˈɹɛvənjuː/ US /ˈɹɛvənjuː/

noun 5verb 2name 1

Definitions

noun

The income returned by an investment.

In the seventh series of The X Factor in the UK, it's estimated the phone votes brought in more than £5.4 million in revenue.

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 income from normal business operations; net sales.

verb

To generate revenue.

To supply with revenue.

name

The Inland Revenue, formed in 1849 and dissolved in 2005 to form part of HMRC.

A body corporate is an entity with a legal personality of its own. The Revenue does not treat a Scottish partnership as a body corporate even though it has separate legal personality.

We in the Revenue and our National Insurance Contributions Office have held that money, as we could not trace this person, but up pops the person, having got the letter and we re-unite them.

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

annual, yearly

expected, potential

The company's potential revenue from the new product line could reach millions next year.

overall, total, worldwide

additional, extra

considerable, substantial

lost

The airline struggled to recover from lost revenue during the pandemic shutdown.

government, public, tax

The government needs to increase tax revenue to pay for new schools and hospitals.

advertising, export, oil, sales, tourism, tourist, etc.

VERB + REVENUE

depend on, need, rely on

The small hotel depends on tourism revenue to pay its staff and bills.

earn, get, raise

collect

The company collected revenue from online sales and increased its profits significantly.

spend, use

bring in, generate, produce, yield

The new streaming service brought in significant revenue within its first year of operation.

increase

reduce

lose

REVENUE + VERB

be derived from sth, come from sth

The company's annual revenue comes from selling software and providing technical support services.

go up, grow, rise

drop, fall, go down

PREP

in ~

The hotel saw a significant increase in revenue after renovating its restaurant.

~ from

The company earned most of its revenue from ticket sales at concert venues.

PHRASES

loss of revenue, a source of revenue

The company faced serious problems after the loss of revenue from cancelled contracts.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the entire amount of income before any deductions are made

gross
receipts

noun — government income due to taxation

taxation

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

In the seventh series of The X Factor in the UK, it's estimated the phone votes brought in more than £5.4 million in revenue.

Wiktionary

a. 1892, Charles Spurgeon, a sermon What, no revenue of praise for him who is our gracious Lord and King! He doth not exact from us any servile labor, but simply saith, “Who so offereth praise glorifi

Wiktionary

A body corporate is an entity with a legal personality of its own. The Revenue does not treat a Scottish partnership as a body corporate even though it has separate legal personality.

Wiktionary

We in the Revenue and our National Insurance Contributions Office have held that money, as we could not trace this person, but up pops the person, having got the letter and we re-unite them.

Wiktionary

As a result of the decision of the Court of Appeal in Clark v. Perks (2001) 74 TC 187, the Revenue accepted that jack-up rigs similar to the rig on which the taxpayer worked should be treated as being

Wiktionary

The administration cannot but look for alternative sources of revenue.

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Usage Notes

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