rev|e|nue

rev|e|nue
rev|e|nue «REHV uh noo, -nyoo», noun.
1. money coming in; income: »

The government got much revenue from taxes last year.

2. a particular item of income.
3. a source of income.
4. the government department that collects taxes: »

the Internal Revenue Service.

╂[< Middle French revenue < Old French, a return, feminine past participle of revenir come back < Latin revenīre < re- back + venīre come]

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