income

4 definitions • 18 examples

money that is earned from doing work or received from investments:

Average incomes have risen by 4.5 percent over the past year.

low income More help is needed for people on low incomes.

I haven't had much income from my stocks and shares this year.

a company's profit in a particular period of time:

The company's income has greatly improved: profit rose more than 50 percent last year.

money that is earned from doing work or received from investments

money earned by a person, company, government, etc. over particular period of time:

an income of To qualify, you must have an income of $24,000 or less.

earn/have/receive (an) income Your hobby could become a part-time way of earning income.

generate/provide (an) income Some 40,000 farm families generate income from apple growing.

income from/on sth More than 35% of personal revenue came from income on earned interest-bearing accounts.

family/household income

annual/monthly/quarterly income

after-tax/pre-tax/post-tax income We were pleased to see revenues and pre-tax income improve for the second consecutive quarter.

a high/low income

additional/extra income

current/future income

a regular/steady income

pension/retirement income

She received rental income of about £12,000 a year from the property.

For many students, summer jobs are their source of income for the upcoming school year.