# revenue

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹɛvənjuː/ · frequency rank #2,312

## Definitions
1. The income returned by an investment.
2. The total income received from a given source.
3. All income generated for some political entity's treasury by taxation and other means.
4. The total sales; turnover.
5. The net income from normal business operations; net sales.
6. A return; something paid back.

## Etymology
Recorded in English from 1433, "income from property or possessions", from Middle French revenue, from Old French [Term?] (“a return”) (modern French revenu), the prop. feminine past participle of revenir (“come back”) (=modern French), from Latin revenire (“to return, come back”), from re- (“back”) + venire (“to come”).

## Easily confused with
- **revue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revenue-vs-revue)
- **revere** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revenue-vs-revere)
- **reverse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revenue-vs-reverse)
- **reverie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revenue-vs-reverie)
- **revenues** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revenue-vs-revenues)
- **revenge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revenge-vs-revenue)
- **retinue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/retinue-vs-revenue)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ervenue`, `reevnue`, `reveneu`, `revennue`, `reveune`, `revneue`, `revvenue`, `rrevenue`, `rveenue`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/revenue