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Revenue

Meaning in business english, with examples

/ˈrevənuː/nounCore term

In business english, revenue means: The total amount of money a company receives from selling its goods or services in a period, before any costs are taken away.

In Turkish: gelir, hasılat, ciro

How it is used

A headline number in reports and presentations: 'Revenue grew by 12%', 'annual revenue', 'revenue stream'. Do not mix it up with profit, which is what is left after costs. 'Sales' is often used with the same meaning.

Example sentences

  1. Revenue rose to 40 million euros this year, but profit fell.

  2. Online sales now make up a third of our total revenue.

Common collocations

  • annual revenue
  • revenue growth
  • generate revenue
  • revenue stream
  • boost revenue
  • profitThe money a business has left after it pays all its costs; if the costs are higher than the income, the result is a loss.
  • turnoverIn British English, the total value of the sales a company makes in a period; also the rate at which employees leave and are replaced.
  • quarterOne of the four three-month periods into which a company divides its financial year, often written Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4.
  • bottom lineThe most important fact or the final position in a discussion; also a company's profit or loss, shown on the last line of its income statement.

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