revenue

noun

ˈre-və-ˌnü How to pronounce revenue (audio)
Definition of revenuenext
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 Forbes values the team at $2 billion, 18th-highest in Major League Baseball, putting the team’s annual revenue at $320 million. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026 Approximately $90 million in revenue came from sublicensing the company’s FIFA World Cup rights to media properties in other Spanish-speaking Latin American countries. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 23 July 2026 The $149 million in revenue does not include any revenue from the club’s rights deal with SNY or distributions from MLB for its national media and sponsorship deals. — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 23 July 2026 The administration has used the same authority in recent months to sanction GAESA and other companies in Cuba’s energy, mining and financial sectors, part of a broader campaign to squeeze the sources of revenue that prop up the Cuban government. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for revenue
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revenue
  1. income
  2. profit
  3. return
  4. yield
Noun
  • Her father died years ago, leaving her family dependent on her income.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
  • Median household income in the region grew just 34% over that same stretch.
    — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
Definition of income
Noun
  • In results published Monday, Europe’s largest airline said that profit in the three months to the end of June had tumbled 34% to €538 million from the same quarter in 2025.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • The carrier is flying about 6,500 flights per day this year — nearly an entire Alaska Airlines more worth of travel more than its closest competitor, according to Cirium — yet American’s profit gap has grown.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 19 July 2026
Definition of profit
Noun
  • If old pressure returns, don’t automatically become the family contractor for everyone’s unfinished business.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026
  • But the Warriors still had enough with Curry and Green’s enduring excellence, Wiggins’ complementary role, Poole’s growth and Thompson’s somewhat promising return from injury.
    — Mark Medina, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Definition of return
Noun
  • There is a question about whether Intel's yields, or the percentage of chips in a batch that work and can be sold, can improve enough to match Taiwan Semiconductor's output.
    — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 23 July 2026
  • New York — Rising oil prices, persistent inflation fears and shifting expectations for rate hikes are rattling the world’s largest bond market, sending Treasury yields higher and pushing up borrowing costs for consumers.
    — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
Definition of yield

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