Definition of Revenue

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Revenue

That which returns, or comes back, from an investment; the annual rents, profits, interest, or issues of any species of property, real or personal; income.

Hence, return; reward; as, a revenue of praise.

The annual yield of taxes, excise, customs, duties, rents, etc., which a nation, state, or municipality collects and receives into the treasury for public use.

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Revenue Quotations

People do not understand what a great revenue economy is.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Thrift is of great revenue.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Remind people that profit is the difference between revenue and expense. This makes you look smart.
Scott Adams

As the revenue of the farmer is realized in raw produce, or in the value of raw produce, he is interested, as well as the landlord, in its high exchangeable value, but a low price of produce may be compensated to him by a great additional quantity.
David Ricardo

Jesus Christ was God's revenue officer.
Billy Sunday

The payments which have been made into the Treasury show the very productive state of the public revenue.
James Monroe

You know, gentlemen, that I do not owe any personal income tax. But nevertheless, I send a small check, now and then, to the Internal Revenue Service out of the kindness of my heart.
David Rockefeller

The Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.
George Foreman

I come back to the same thing: We've got the greatest pipeline in the company's history in the next 12 months, and we've had the most amazing financial results possible over the last five years, and we're predicting being back at double-digit revenue growth in fiscal year '06.
Steve Ballmer

The natural capital is not income, but we spend our natural capital as if it were revenue, as if it were going to come back next year without any problems, whereas these renewals in nature can take hundreds of years.
Susan George

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