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income noun [ ˈɪnkʌm ]

• money received, especially on a regular basis, for work or through investments.
• "he has a nice home and an adequate income"
Similar: earnings, salary, pay, remuneration, wages, stipend, emolument, revenue, receipts, takings, profits, gains, proceeds, turnover, yield, dividend, incomings, money received, means, take,
Opposite: expenditure, outgoings,
Origin: Middle English (in the sense ‘entrance, arrival’, now only Scots): in early use from Old Norse innkoma, later from in + come. The current sense dates from the late 16th century.


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