Revenue



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 总收入;国家的税收收入
• ［英］ n. 总收入 ( the total income)
• ［记］ re ( 回) +ven ( 来) +ue -> 回来的东西 -> 收入
• ［同］ 同根词: revenant ( 归来之人)
• ［例］ Congress determines how tax revenues are spent.

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Usage: often attributive
• Etymology: Middle English, return, revenue, from Anglo-French, from revenir to return, from Latin revenire, from re- + venire to come — more at come
• Date: 15th century
• 1. the total income produced by a given source <a property expected to yield a large annual revenue>
• 2. the gross income returned by an investment
• 3. the yield of sources of income (as taxes) that a political unit (as a nation or state) collects and receives into the treasury for public use
• 4. a government department concerned with the collection of the national revenue

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