income

noun

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

(business, commerce) 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.

(obsolete) A coming in; arrival; entrance; introduction.

(archaic or dialectal, Scotland) A newcomer or arrival; an incomer.

(UK dialectal, Scotland) A disease or ailment without known or apparent cause, as distinguished from one induced by accident or contagion; an oncome.

(obsolete) An entrance-fee.

(archaic) A coming in as by influx or inspiration, hence, an inspired quality or characteristic, as courage or zeal; an inflowing principle.

Roots

inin- · Old English · in cuman-come · Old English · come

Synonyms for income

earningsn revenuen profitsn dividendsn receiptsn proceedsn wagesn salaryn payrolln returnsn

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Where does income come from?

The word income breaks down into 2 roots of Old English origin: in-, from Old English in (“in”); and -come, from Old English cuman (“come”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.