Main Entry: rev·e·nue

Pronunciation: \ˈre-və-ˌnü, -ˌnyü\

Function: noun

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: Middle English, return, revenue, from Anglo-French, from revenir to return, from Latin revenire, from re- + venire to come — more at come

Date: 15th century

1 : the total income produced by a given source <a property expected to yield a large annual revenue>
2 : the gross income returned by an investment
3 : the yield of sources of income (as taxes) that a political unit (as a nation or state) collects and receives into the treasury for public use
4 : a government department concerned with the collection of the national revenue