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income

[ in-kuhm ]

noun

  1. revenue received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments:

    For years, her only source of income was the small number of stocks her father left her.

  2. the money, or amount of money, received from one’s employment:

    a household with three incomes;

    a healthcare worker with an income that hasn’t increased in five years.

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    Antonyms: ,

  3. something that comes in as an addition or increase, especially by chance.
  4. Archaic. a coming in.


income

/ ˈɪnkəm; ˈɪnkʌm /

noun

  1. the amount of monetary or other returns, either earned or unearned, accruing over a given period of time
  2. receipts; revenue
  3. rare.
    an inflow or influx
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

income

  1. The amount of money received during a period of time in exchange for labor or services , from the sale of goods or property, or as a profit from financial investments .
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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of income1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English: literally, “that which has come in,” noun use of incomen (past participle of incomen “to come in”), Old English incuman; in, come
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Word History and Origins

Origin of income1

C13 (in the sense: arrival, entrance): from Old English incumen a coming in
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Example Sentences

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"We need to start increasing residents' disposable income."

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The Affordable Care Act used Medicaid to cover the poorest uninsured Americans, those with incomes up to 138% of the federal poverty level, or about $21,597 this year.

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Nearly nine in 10 prescriptions in England are already dispensed free of charge, with children, over 60s, pregnant women, people with certain medical conditions and those on lower incomes exempt from paying.

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The Times followed one student through the first months of the new initiative to learn how a guaranteed basic income might influence the lives and choices of L.A. community college students.

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But despite calculating that she would receive roughly the same income if she stopped working and claimed Universal Credit, Gemma says she needs to work for her mental health.

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