income
Money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of othersMoney one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others.
» Last year my income was about five million yen.
Минулого року мій дохід склав приблизно п'ять мільйонів єн.
Meaning
8 senses(countable, uncountable)Money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others.
Einkommen
дохо́дdoxód, прихо́дprixód, при́быльpríbylʹ
прибу́токprybútok, дохі́дdoxíd, дохо́дdoxód
(countable, uncountable)Money coming in to a fund, account, or policy.
(Scotland, UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable)A disease or ailment without known or apparent cause, as distinguished from one induced by accident or contagion; an oncome.
(countable, uncountable)That which is taken into the body as food; the ingesta; sometimes restricted to the nutritive, or digestible, portion of the food.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A coming in; arrival; entrance; introduction.
(Scotland, archaic, countable, dialectal, uncountable)A newcomer or arrival; an incomer.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)An entrance-fee.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)A coming in as by influx or inspiration, hence, an inspired quality or characteristic, as courage or zeal; an inflowing principle.
- the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time
Examples
389 sentencesLast year my income was about five million yen.
Минулого року мій дохід склав приблизно п'ять мільйонів єн. — deniko
What's your annual income?
Який ваш річний дохід? — Anjy
ruКакой ваш годовой доход? — sharptoothed
I'm satisfied with my current income.
ruЯ доволен своим нынешним доходом. — odexed
deIch bin mit meinem jetzigen Einkommen zufrieden. — Dejo
What's your main source of income?
ruКакой у вас основной источник дохода? — marafon
Tom doesn't have a steady income.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English income, perhaps continuing (in altered form) Old English incyme (“an iFrom Middle English income, perhaps continuing (in altered form) Old English incyme (“an in-coming, entrance”), equivalent to in- + come. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Íenkúumen (“income”), West Frisian ynkommen (“income”), Dutch inkomen, inkomst (“income, earnings, gainings”), German Low German Inkumst (“income”), German Einkommen, Einkunft (“income, earnings, competence”), Danish indkomst (“income”), Swedish inkomst (“income”), Icelandic innkváma (“income”).
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Forms
plural: incomesAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable