Income Definition

ĭnkŭm

incomes

noun

incomes

The act or an instance of coming in.

Webster's New World

The money or other gain received, esp. in a given period, by an individual, corporation, etc. for labor or services or from property, investments, operations, etc.

Webster's New World

Money received for services performed, products sold, as interest on investments, as royalties on inventions or creative works, or generally in exchange for some performance or consideration.

Webster's New World Law

Money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others.

Wiktionary

(archaic or dialectal, Scotland) A new-comer or arrival; an incomer.

Wiktionary

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Antonyms:

Antonyms:
expenditures
expense
outgo
debt
bills
expenses
expenditure

Other Word Forms of Income

Noun

Singular:

income

Plural:

incomes

Origin of Income

From Middle English, equivalent to in- +‎ come. Cognate with Dutch inkomen (“income, earnings, gainings”), German Einkommen (“income, earnings, competence”), Icelandic innkváma (“income”), Danish indkomst (“income”), Swedish inkomst (“income”).

From Wiktionary
Middle English arrival, entrance from incomen to come in from Old English incuman in in in¹ cuman to come come

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition