Advertisement

Advertisement

View synonyms for

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.

    Synonyms: , , , , , ,
    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. rarean 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.

Discover More

Other Word Forms

  • incomeless adjective
Discover More

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
Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of income1

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

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

They had to weigh the risk of a workplace raid and the husband’s possible arrest against the financial implications of losing a vital source of income.

From

The Mexican soccer federation generates about a third of its annual income in the U.S. through matchday income, TV rights and sponsorship deals driven by the large Mexican and Mexican-American fan base in the country.

From

No state has more to lose than California, whose Medicaid program, called Medi-Cal, covers nearly 15 million residents with low incomes and disabilities.

From

Withdrawals from inherited retirement accounts are usually taxable as income, and most non-spouse inheritors must drain a retirement account within 10 years.

From

A housekeeper with a modest income, she was slowly bled for more than $100,000 through a mix of false assurances and threats.

From

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


incombustibleincome account