Revenue

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Hence, return; reward; as, a revenue of praise.

II. Revenue ·noun That which returns, or comes back, from an investment; the annual rents, profits, interest, or issues of any species of property, real or personal; income.

III. Revenue ·noun The annual yield of taxes, excise, customs, duties, rents, ·etc., which a nation, state, or municipality collects and receives into the treasury for public use.

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