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noun

income

CEFR B1

the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time

In a sentence

Six example sentences with income, each labelled with its topic.

  • Rent from the two flats gives a steady income of about nine hundred a month, arriving whatever the markets do.

    Finance

  • The debate turned on whether households below a certain income should pay any council tax at all.

    Politics

  • Most painters in the city earn their income from teaching and framing, and sell perhaps four canvases in a year.

    Art

  • Median household income rose slowly for a decade while rents doubled, which explains why the census showed more adults living with parents.

    Economics

  • The company's first real income arrived in March: eleven subscriptions at forty dollars each, framed on the office wall.

    Startups

  • Most of the band's income now comes from touring and shirts, since streaming pays a fraction of a cent per play.

    Music

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