revenue
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the money you get back from an investment.
the yield or income returned by an investment or property.
Simple“The rental property provides a steady monthly revenue for the owner.”
In context“The portfolio was restructured to prioritise immediate revenue over long-term capital growth, ensuring sufficient liquidity for the foundation's projects.”
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“Liverpool’s annual revenue increased to a record £703m in the year ending May 2025.”
“The following month the club announced record revenues of £703m for the 2024-25 financial year.”
Recorded in English from 1433, "income from property or possessions", from Middle French revenue, from Old French [Term?] (“a return”) (modern French revenu), the prop. feminine past participle of revenir (“come back”) (=modern French), from Latin revenire (“to return, come back”), from re- (“back”) + venire (“to come”).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.