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# revenue

noun (revenue, revenues)

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

## Everyday

(formal) The money that a business or government gets in, before costs are taken away; income. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revenue/#m1)

### In the lessons

In maths word problems revenue = price × number sold; profit = revenue − costs. In social studies, governments get revenue from taxes. Exam questions use this formal word. Phrases: tax revenue, raise revenue, revenue from sales.

### Examples

- The school fair's revenue was £500. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revenue/#x1)
- If we sell 40 cookies at 50p each, the revenue is £20. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revenue/#x2)
- The government gets revenue from taxes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revenue/#x3)
- Revenue went up when the shop opened on Sundays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revenue/#x4)
- The club's main revenue comes from ticket sales. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revenue/#x5)
- Subtract costs from revenue to find the profit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revenue/#x6)
- Then the king was pleased, and gave him the revenue of many villages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revenue/#x7)

### Note

Revenue is not the same as profit: profit is what is left after paying costs. Usually uncountable; revenues can mean several streams of income. Formal; the everyday word is income or takings.

## In Jewish tradition

Income or earnings, here of the righteous, the wicked and of a trading city.

**Interpretation.** Proverbs teaches that honest small earnings are better than large gain from injustice, and the sages stress honest dealing in business.

### Examples

- Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice. (Writings PRO.16.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/revenue/#x1)
- In the house of the righteous is much treasure; but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble. (Writings PRO.15.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/revenue/#x2)
- And on great waters the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the mart of nations. (Prophets ISA.23.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/revenue/#x3)

### Note

Revenue is not the same as profit: profit is what is left after paying costs. Usually uncountable; revenues can mean several streams of income. Formal; the everyday word is income or takings.

## On Mova

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