income
- noun
- /ˈɪn.kʌm/
- 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.
- They need to have the income to buy the house.
- And hopefully my income goes up from where it was.
- Now we see this really high increase in income, but it's not free.
- And I'm always working to increase those income streams and add to them.
- Now take your total annual income, subtract taxes out of it.
- They tried to redistribute income and wealth rather than increase it.
- Same car, same debt, but one's producing income and one is not.
- Have your own source of income and no kids of your own.
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
Money you receive for work or services
Money people or companies get from work, business, and investments
Money earned from an activity, especially sales
Money a person receives before taxes from work or investments
Total money received before costs are taken away
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
Money a household has to spend or save after taxes are taken out
- Specialized
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
- Specialized
Total money earned by people and businesses in a country in one year
- Specialized
A report showing a company's money received, costs, and profit or loss over time
- Specialized
Money a company receives in advance that it must earn later and is recorded as something the company owes
How Essential
- Informal
- Informal
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.