income
Money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others.
Other meanings
Money coming in to a fund, account, or policy.
That which is taken into the body as food; the ingesta; sometimes restricted to the nutritive, or digestible, portion of the food.
Related words
- incomed
- incomeless
- income elasticity of demand
- income statement
- income support
- income tax
- passive income
- unearned income
- basic income
- discretionary income
- disposable income
- fixed income
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "incyme" (an in-coming, entrance).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “income” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.