income

[ in-kuhm ]

noun

1. revenue received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments:

   For years, her only source of income was the small number of stocks her father left her.

2. the money, or amount of money, received from one’s employment:

   a household with three incomes;

   a healthcare worker with an income that hasn’t increased in five years.

   Synonyms: earnings, wages, salary, return, gains, annuity, interest

   Antonyms: expenditure, outgo

3. something that comes in as an addition or increase, especially by chance.
4. Archaic. a coming in.

income

/ ˈɪnkəm; ˈɪnkʌm /

noun

1. the amount of monetary or other returns, either earned or unearned, accruing over a given period of time
2. receipts; revenue
3. rare.
   an inflow or influx

income

1. The amount of money received during a period of time in exchange for labor or services , from the sale of goods or property, or as a profit from financial investments .

Other Words From

• in·come·less adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of income¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English: literally, “that which has come in,” noun use of incomen (past participle of incomen “to come in”), Old English incuman; in, come

Word History and Origins

Origin of income¹

C13 (in the sense: arrival, entrance): from Old English incumen a coming in

Example Sentences

Under the slogan "Bottoms for tour buses", the musician announced on Thursday that her OnlyFans income will subsidise her shows because "touring makes losses not profits".

From BBC

As with farmers, many of these businesses are capital intensive, while not generating big incomes.

From BBC

Participants represented a range of ages, household incomes and education levels, and most had insurance.

From Science Daily

He said he was able to keep some gold, which he sells on the black market to top up his income.

From BBC

The government also cites the nature of Hanni's income, which is deemed to be "profit sharing, rather than wages", according to local reports, adding that she pays business income tax rather than employment income tax.

From BBC

Related Words

• cash
• compensation
• earnings
• interest
• livelihood
• pay
• proceeds
• profit
• revenue
• royalty
• salary
• wage