income

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[edit] English

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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).

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  • IPA: /ˈɪnˌkʌm/
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[edit] Noun

income (plural incomes)

  1. (obsolete) A coming in; arrival; entrance; introduction.
  2. (archaic or dialectal, Scotland) A new-comer or arrival; an incomer.
  3. (obsolete) An entrance-fee.
  4. (archaic) A coming in as by influx or inspiration, hence, an inspired quality or characteristic, as courage or zeal; an inflowing principle.
  5. (UK dialectal, Scotland) A disease or ailment without known or apparent cause, as distinguished between one induced by accident or contagion; an oncome.
  6. (or uncountable) Money one earns by working or capitalising off other people's work.
    • In 1970 the richest 1 percent made 9 percent of the nation’s income; now that top slice makes closer to 25 percent.Evan Thomas, Why It’s Time to Worry, Newsweek 2010-12-04

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