revenue
revenue is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Hence, return; reward; as, a revenue of praise.
- 2.The annual yield of taxes, excise, customs, duties, rents, etc., which a nation, state, or municipality collects and receives into the treasury for public use. Revenue cutter, an armed government vessel employed to enforce revenue laws, prevent smuggling, etc.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accrue
- acquire
- afford
- agency
- aid
- alimony
- all
- anchor
- and
- annuity
- any
- assistance
- bonus
- bow
- bring
- capital
- coming
- derive
- draw
- emolument
- find
- from
- gain
- gross
- have
- herewith
- how
- income
- instrumental
- instrumentality
- jointure
- locker
- machinery
- manner
- mechanical
- medium
- money
- net
- pay
- pension
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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