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income

income

1.2
Money a person or family receives regularly from work and investments
  • noun
  • /ˈɪn.kʌm/
translation icon : ingresos
  • Every month your expenditure is greater than your income.
  • household income
  • low income
  • family income

They need to have the income to buy the house.

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Examples

  • You've got some small income from your Michigan properties, but it's your mortgage here that's killing you.

  • People need to find other sources of income outside of their job.

  • A significant positive relationship between level of income and personal finance knowledge was found.

    Academic text (2011)
  • They need to have the income to buy the house.

  • Greeks spend a greater portion of their income on produce than any other European nationality.

    Academic text (2011)
  • She was unmarried, so she had no stable income.

  • They say my lifestyle exceeds my income.

  • Many people rely on their monthly income to cover all their living expenses.

  • He reported that his income has increased significantly since switching jobs.

  • To qualify for a loan, you must provide proof of your annual income.

Synonyms

pay
vsincome
913 1.0

Money you receive for work or services

is broader, covering money from work and investments rather than only wages
earnings
vsincome
309 2.3

Money people or companies get from work, business, and investments

is more about regular money received rather than profit from one sale
take
vsincome
215 7.0

Money earned from an activity, especially sales

is used for regular money received rather than single transaction gains
personal income
vsincome
  • Specialized
15 3.5

Money a person receives before taxes from work or investments

is the general term for money received not limited to individuals
receipts
vsincome
3.2

Total money received before costs are taken away

is about money received especially regularly rather than gross totals before deductions

Antonyms

524 2.7

An amount of money spent for work or business

1 7.0

Money that a person or company spends

Compounds

242 2.3

Money people or companies pay to the government on what they earn each year

net income
  • Specialized
20 3.0

Money a person or business keeps after paying costs and taxes

disposable income
  • Specialized
16 3.6

Money a household has to spend or save after taxes are taken out

personal income
  • Specialized
15 3.5

Money a person receives before taxes from work or investments

per capita income
  • Specialized
11 4.1

Average amount of money each person gets in a place during a year

A group of people who earn about the same amount of money for tax or benefit rules

8 3.6

A form you send to the tax office showing your income and expenses

national income
  • Specialized
6 3.6

Total money earned by people and businesses in a country in one year

5 3.0

Money a government gets from taxes people and businesses pay

income statement
  • Specialized
3 3.6

A report showing a company's money received, costs, and profit or loss over time

Money you get from letting someone use your land or buildings

A group that sets the tax rate people pay based on yearly earnings

unearned income
  • Specialized
1 4.4

Money you get without working, for example interest or rent

Money a government gets, mainly from taxes, to pay for public services

unearned income
  • Specialized
6.4

Money a company receives in advance that it must earn later and is recorded as something the company owes

How Essential

bread and butter
  • Informal
16 3.0
income
1.2
part-time
131 1.6
extra money
68 1.3
side gig
  • Informal
1 3.7

Surface Forms

income singular
incomes plural

Morphology

income = in + come (semi-transparent) = in + come

The idea of something 'coming in' supports the sense of money received, but the specific established noun meaning of regular earnings is lexicalized rather than fully predictable.

Etymology

The word income comes from old words made of in- 'into' and come 'to come', so it literally means 'come in'. So, income is the money that 'comes in' to you regularly, like pay from work or money from investments.