government income
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3.5
- noun
:
ingresos del gobierno
- Cuts to government income from taxes could lead to a decrease in available funding for schools.
Examples
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Do any of you understand that you cannot fight wars and cut government income/reduce taxes at the same time?
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The government's budget for the year relies heavily on government income from taxes.
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On or about the end of this year, some big things will be happening with federal government income and outlays.
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U.S. grant aid was an insignificant component of government income in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Academic text (1995) -
Yet while expenses are increasing, China's government income has dwindled.
Academic text (2000) -
Government debt in the eurozone is actually less of a problem than in the U.S., in that it's smaller in terms of GDP and certainly in terms of government income.
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The market needs stability, and the current deficit poses a risk on many levels, and a carbon tax would be a much less damaging way to bolster government income than higher taxes on income.
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Subsidies were at a peak in the beginning of the 1980s when the agricultural industry was just starting out, and government income was particularly high following a decade of oil-induced prosperity.
Academic text (2015) -
Government income as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) continued to decline throughout the decade, sinking to 12 percent in 1998 from 32 percent in 1978—a rate lower than those of the world's most laissez-faire economic regimes.
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In recent years, an increase in government income has allowed for more public services.
Synonyms
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3.8
Money a government gets from taxes and other sources
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3.2
Money a government gets from taxes on people, businesses, or sales
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3.2
Money a country gets from taxes and other sources to pay for public services
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5.7
Money the government gets from taxes inside the country, like income and sales taxes
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the money that a government receives' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'government' (the state authorities) with 'income' (funds received), forming a simple possessive/attributive compound. This compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English noun-noun formation, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Government income comes from the image of a family budget: the government collects income from taxes, fees and other sources, like a household collects wages, to pay for roads, schools and services. So, 'government income' means the money a government receives to pay for its work.