revenue [ rev·e·nue ]
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1. Income, especially when of an organization and of a substantial nature.
Revenue of Rs. 70 crores is expected through advertisements.
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2. A state's annual income from which public expenses are met.
Government revenue has declined as a share of national income by 5%.
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3. (often the revenue) The department of the civil service collecting state revenue.
The guys from the revenue via Harrogate paid me a call, not on a professional basis I hope.
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1. 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’.

