as in income
an increase usually measured in money that comes from labor, business, or property
the struggling business didn't create much revenue during its first year of operation
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Recent Examples of revenue
By then, customs duties from sugar and tobacco—produced by England’s slave economies in the Americas—accounted for a third of the Crown’s revenues.
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Sam Knight, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026
San Diego should implement a binding revenue-sharing formula and strong oversight to ensure a significant share of parking revenue is reinvested in the districts that generate it.
—Jay Derr, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
Severe cuts to critical federal revenues continue to wreak havoc on Santa Clara County’s finances, forcing county officials to slash 365 positions from the budget halfway through the fiscal year.
—Grace Hase, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026
Three services control half the market’s total revenue.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Feb. 2026
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Sam Knight, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026
San Diego should implement a binding revenue-sharing formula and strong oversight to ensure a significant share of parking revenue is reinvested in the districts that generate it.
—Jay Derr, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
Severe cuts to critical federal revenues continue to wreak havoc on Santa Clara County’s finances, forcing county officials to slash 365 positions from the budget halfway through the fiscal year.
—Grace Hase, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026
Three services control half the market’s total revenue.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revenue
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Consumers who buy Affordable Care Act insurance – as well as older adults and low-income families enrolled in government health insurance programs Medicare and Medicaid – typically get drug discounts through their insurance plans.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
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The main Medicaid program, which covers a much broader range of services for over 77 million low-income and disabled people, does not cover people living in the country illegally.—
Phil Galewitz,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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Several profit reports from companies helped to lift stocks Wednesday.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Time spent on Instagram The lawsuit alleges that Meta designed its platforms to keep users scrolling and juice profits, a key line of questioning Wednesday.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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Nestle, which makes Guigoz in France and SMA in the UK, said Thursday that stock shortages and returns of some formula products would have a marginally negative impact on its sales volumes this year.—
Hanna Ziady,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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Parents can open an account by filing IRS Form 4547 online or with their 2025 tax return.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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Treasury yields fell across the board in response.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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Treasury yields fell across the board in response.—
Stan Choe,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Revenue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revenue. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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