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   revenue

   /ˈrɛvɪnjuː/

   noun

   • 1. income, especially when of an organization and of a substantial nature: "traders have lost £10,000 in revenue since the traffic scheme was implemented"
   • ▪ a state's annual income from which public expenses are met: "his priority was to raise government revenue and to lower expenditure"
   • ▪ the department of the civil service collecting state revenue: "when the revenue makes a demand for tax, that demand is implicitly backed by the powers of the state"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French revenu(e) ‘returned’, past participle (used as a noun) of revenir, from Latin revenire ‘return’, from re- ‘back’ + venire ‘come’.

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