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# income

noun (an income, incomes; also uncountable)

«income» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Income is the money a person, family or business gets, from work, selling things or other places, usually counted per week, month or year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/income/#m1)

### In the lessons

In maths and money lessons: income minus spending equals savings; pocket money is a child's income. In social studies: low-income families, income tax. Phrases: monthly income, low income, income tax, source of income, live on an income.

### Examples

- Dad's income comes from his job as a nurse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/income/#x1)
- My weekly income is 5 pounds of pocket money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/income/#x2)
- Families on a low income can get help. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/income/#x3)
- The shop's income went up at Christmas time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/income/#x4)
- Income tax is taken from your pay. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/income/#x5)
- Selling eggs gives the farm extra income. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/income/#x6)
- My dear, she lived on her income--and that is a thing that a great many people would like to be able to do. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/income/#x7)

### Note

Usually uncountable, but "incomes" is used when comparing people. Opposite of spending or expenses. In maths: savings = income − spending; if income is 400 and spending is 350, 50 is saved. Income per year = income per month × 12.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «income» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/income/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«income» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/income.html) on Mova free.