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income

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As a noun, income means money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others.

Meanings of income

9 meanings

Money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others.
businesscommerceMoney coming in to a fund, account, or policy.
uk dialectalScotlandA disease or ailment without known or apparent cause, as distinguished from one induced by accident or contagion; an oncome.
That which is taken into the body as food; the ingesta; sometimes restricted to the nutritive, or digestible, portion of the food.
The financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time

Older and rare meanings (4)

obsoleteA coming in; arrival; entrance; introduction.
archaicdialectalScotlandA newcomer or arrival; an incomer.
obsoleteAn entrance-fee.
archaicA coming in as by influx or inspiration, hence, an inspired quality or characteristic, as courage or zeal; an inflowing principle.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

ScotlandA disease or ailment without known or apparent cause, as distinguished from one induced by accident or contagion; an oncome.

ScotlandA newcomer or arrival; an incomer.

Scrabble & Words With Friends: valid word10 points before bonuses.6 letters.