Sales vs. Revenue

Salesnoun

The activities involved in selling goods or services.

Salesnoun

The amount or value of goods and services sold.

Salesnoun

income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time

Sales

Sales are activities related to selling or the number of goods sold in a given targeted time period. The delivery of a service for a cost is also considered a sale.

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.