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Meaning of revenue in English

revenue noun [ U ] uk

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 / ˈrev. ə n.juː / us

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 / ˈrev.ə.nuː / ( also revenues ) Add to word list Add to word list C1 the income that a government or company receives regularly : Taxes provide most of the government's revenue. Government revenues fell dramatically . More examples Fewer examples These measures will increase the club's ability to generate revenue. Television companies have been massaging their viewing figures in order to attract more advertising revenue. The magazine misreported its sales figures in order to boost advertising revenue. Arco has reacted to the loss in revenue by pruning back its expansion plans . The government is scrabbling around for ways to raise revenue without putting up taxes . SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Taxation amortizable anti-dumping anti-progressive anti-tax at source phrase fiscal drag fiscal year flat tax gas tax HMRC protectionist rateable rebate regressive regressively tax year taxable taxation taxed the taxman See more results »

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Accounting Earning money (Definition of revenue from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

revenue | American Dictionary

revenue noun [ C/U ] us

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 / ˈrev·əˌnu / Add to word list Add to word list the income that a business or government receives regularly , or an amount representing such income : [ C usually pl ] state / federal revenues [ U ] Company revenue rose 4% last year . (Definition of revenue from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

revenue | Business English

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 / ˈrevənuː / Add to word list Add to word list [ C or U ] FINANCE , ACCOUNTING ( also revenues ) money that a company receives , especially from selling goods or services : revenue(s) from sth Revenue from online ads is much less than from print advertising . revenue(s) of Analysts had forecast revenue of $1.39bn. in revenue(s) His firm posted $41 million in revenues last year . generate/bring in/raise revenue(s) The sport doesn't generate much revenue from ticket sales . boost/increase revenue(s) The banking group has in recent years struggled to boost revenues while keeping costs under control . a fall / increase in revenue(s) The company has an estimated annual revenue of $50 million. Advertising revenue fell last year . expected / projected revenue a source of revenue [ C or U ] TAX ( also revenues ) money that a government receives from taxes : They need to restructure the tax system to collect more revenue . There is extra pressure on the Chancellor to find new ways to raise revenue . State officials predicted a 5% growth in tax revenues . Other taxes will have to be raised to compensate for the lost revenue . [ S ] TAX , GOVERNMENT ( also the Revenue ) the government department in the UK that collects taxes : Taxpayers should always check the documents they get from the Revenue.

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average revenue HM Revenue & Customs Internal Revenue Service marginal revenue sales revenue (Definition of revenue from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of revenue

revenue This is surprising, given that questions of revenue generation affect ordinary people in basic and sometimes very serious ways. From the Cambridge English Corpus For example, does the government intend to maintain overall revenue neutrality, reducing distortionary taxes proportionately? From the Cambridge English Corpus Three are used in this study: a radial measure of technical efficiency, a radial measure of revenue efficiency, and a derived measure of allocative efficiency. From the Cambridge English Corpus Part of hospitals' revenues was then made dependent upon the number of patients treated and the patient mix. From the Cambridge English Corpus That in itself was sufficient to trigger a more lenient administration of the revenue . From the Cambridge English Corpus However, the pricing issue is complex as increasing prices may reduce demand, and thus have an adverse impact on the overall revenue position. From the Cambridge English Corpus The prevailing prices during 2004 and 2005 were used to calculate the revenues and costs in all years. From the Cambridge English Corpus The benefit ranges from 11 per cent to 122 per cent of the current net revenue of the crops included in this model. From the Cambridge English Corpus Table 2 shows the total net revenues of the districts by the production of four crops stated above. From the Cambridge English Corpus As once essentially residential communities matured, politicians sought to raise their tax revenues whilst retaining small-scale, almost village life, within an increasingly urbanized milieu. From the Cambridge English Corpus They do care about the methodology since it affects the efficiency of their software development process and their revenue . From the Cambridge English Corpus We will use a dual approach in the following part of the paper, so we need to find the revenue function. From the Cambridge English Corpus The firm earns revenues by selling goods and must purchase investment goods and hire labor. From the Cambridge English Corpus In many transition economies, public environmental funds, capitalized with revenues from pollution charges, provide subsidized financing of such investments through grants and soft loans. From the Cambridge English Corpus They too argue that, for a number of structural reasons, less-developed countries are heavily dependent on trade taxes for revenue . From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

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additional revenue Given the revenue streams of block buster drugs, even 4 months additional revenue can represent a substantial benefit. From the Cambridge English Corpus   ad revenue In 2009, the show led other late night shows in ad revenue with $271 million. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.   advertising revenue Moreover, until the late 80s, there was the advertising revenue that enabled this work to be published at length in a clear and attractive way. From the Cambridge English Corpus   These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with revenue What is the pronunciation of revenue ?

Translations of revenue

in Chinese (Traditional) （政府的）稅收，歲入, （公司的）收益… See more in Chinese (Simplified) （政府的）税收，岁入, （公司的）收益… See more in Spanish ingresos, rentas públicas [feminine, plural]… See more in Portuguese receita, receita [feminine]… See more in more languages in Marathi in Turkish in French in Japanese in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Russian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish महसूल… See more vergi, toplanan vergi gelirleri, gelir… See more recettes [feminine, plural], revenu… See more 歳入（さいにゅう）… See more inkomsten… See more ஒரு அரசாங்கம் அல்லது நிறுவனம் தொடர்ந்து பெறும் வருமானம்… See more राजस्व, आय, सरकार या किसी कंपनी की एक नियमित आय… See more ઊપજ, આવક, મહેસૂલ… See more indtægt… See more [stats]inkomster, avkastning… See more pendapatan… See more die Einnahmen… See more inntekt [masculine], (stats)inntekter… See more محصول, آدمنی, مال گزاری… See more річний дохід, дохідні статті… See more (государственные) доходы… See more ఆదాయం / ప్రభుత్వం లేదా సంస్థ క్రమం తప్పకుండా స్వీకరించే ఆదాయం… See more রাজস্ব… See more příjem, tržba, důchod… See more pemasukan… See more รายได้… See more thu nhập… See more dochód, dochody… See more Need a translator?

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