- income⇄income, noun.
1a. what comes in from property, business, or work; money that comes in; receipts; returns.
Ex. A person's yearly income is all the money that he gets in a year. The grocer's store brings in an income of $5,000.
(SYN) reve - income⇄spendable earnings orincome
the amount left to a worker after taxes, social security, and other payroll deductions have been taken from his pay; net earnings.