Revenue vs. Profit
Revenuenoun
The income returned by an investment.
Revenuenoun
The total income received from a given source.
Revenuenoun
All income generated for some political entity's treasury by taxation and other means.
Revenuenoun
(accounting) The total sales; turnover.
Revenuenoun
(accounting) The net revenue, net sales.
Revenueverb
(intransitive) To generate revenue.
Revenueverb
(transitive) To supply with revenue.
Revenuenoun
That which returns, or comes back, from an investment; the annual rents, profits, interest, or issues of any species of property, real or personal; income.
Revenuenoun
Hence, return; reward; as, a revenue of praise.
Revenuenoun
The annual yield of taxes, excise, customs, duties, rents, etc., which a nation, state, or municipality collects and receives into the treasury for public use.
Revenuenoun
the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
Revenuenoun
government income due to taxation
Revenuenoun
income, especially when of an organization and of a substantial nature
Revenuenoun
a state's annual income from which public expenses are met
Revenuenoun
the department of the civil service collecting state revenue
Revenue
In accounting, revenue is the income or increase in net assets that an entity has from its normal activities (in the case of a business, usually from the sale of goods and services to customers). Commercial revenue may also be referred to as sales or as turnover.
Profitnoun
Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price.
Profitnoun
Benefit, positive result obtained.
Profitnoun
(legal) In property law, a nonpossessory interest in land whereby a party is entitled to enter the land of another for the purpose of taking the soil or the substance of the soil (coal, oil, minerals, and in some jurisdictions timber and game).
Profitverb
(transitive) To benefit (somebody), be of use to (somebody).
Profitverb
To benefit, gain.
Profitverb
To take advantage of, exploit, use.
Profitnoun
Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation; emolument; as, a profit on the sale of goods.
Profitnoun
Accession of good; valuable results; useful consequences; benefit; avail; gain; as, an office of profit,
Profitverb
To be of service to; to be good to; to help on; to benefit; to advantage; to avail; to aid; as, truth profits all men.
Profitverb
To gain advantage; to make improvement; to improve; to gain; to advance.
Profitverb
To be of use or advantage; to do or bring good.
Profitnoun
the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
Profitnoun
the advantageous quality of being beneficial
Profitverb
derive a benefit from;
Profitverb
make a profit; gain money or materially;
