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rev·enue (rev′ə no̵̅o̅′, -nyo̵̅o̅′)

noun

  1. the return from property or investment; income
    1. an item or source of income
    2. items or amounts of income collectively, as of a nation
  3. the income from taxes, licenses, etc., as of a city, state, or nation
  4. the governmental service that collects certain taxes

Etymology: ME < MFr < fem. pp. of revenir, to return, come back < re-, back + venir < L venire, to come

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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