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noun

revenue

CEFR B2

income generated from business or taxes

In a sentence

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

  • Quarterly revenue climbed nine percent, though the company still lost money once shipping and warehouse costs were counted.

    Finance

  • The city's fuel tax revenue funds bus routes, so falling petrol sales quietly cut the transit budget each year.

    Politics

  • We had forty thousand users and almost no revenue until the team finally charged for the export feature.

    Startups

  • When oil prices fell, government revenue dropped by a third and the country borrowed to keep its schools open.

    Economics

  • Streaming revenue for the band came to less than one night of merchandise sales at a mid-sized venue.

    Music

  • Ticket revenue covers barely half the payroll, so the club depends on broadcast deals to pay its stars.

    Basketball

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