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revenue

rev.e.nue \'rev-*-.n(y)u:\ n [ME, fr. MF, fr. revenir to return, fr. L 
   revenire, fr. re- +] often attrib  venire to come - more at COME 1: the 
   income that comes back from an investment  2: the yield of taxes and other 
   sources of income that a political unit (as  a nation or state) collects 
   and receives into the treasury for public use 3: the total income produced 
   by a given source