revenue enhancement
- noun
- /ˈrɛvəˌnuː ɪnˈhænsmənt/
- Formal
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aumento de ingresos
- A tax was called a "revenue enhancement"; a bill meant to funnel hundreds of millions of dollars to state education departments was titled "the Neighborhood Schools Improvement Act."
Examples
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Many cities rely on revenue enhancements like parking fees to fund community services.
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The government introduced a new revenue enhancement to support local infrastructure projects.
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An increase in the revenue enhancement on tobacco products aims to discourage smoking and raise funds for healthcare.
Synonyms
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1.0
A charge people must pay to the government on income or property
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'revenue enhancement' is directly compositional: 'revenue' (income) modified by 'enhancement' (an improvement or increase), so the meaning 'measures to increase income' follows predictably from its parts. This is a common business noun-phrase pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent words would readily understand it despite its register-specific use.
Etymology
Revenue enhancement may come from the simple image of a town putting a small toll box at a bridge to collect extra coins. Revenue is the money that comes in and enhancement means making it bigger, so the phrase describes a charge or tax added 'to raise funds' for public spending.