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Narrator: Today's word is "Revenue" — noun, pronounced /ˈrevənjuː/, with the stress on "rev".
Narrator: Revenue is the money a company or government receives from its activities.
Narrator: In plain English, it is money coming in.
Narrator: It comes from old French revenue, something that returns.
Narrator: A common collocation is "revenue growth", which describes rising income.
Narrator: It differs from "profit", because revenue is money in before costs, while profit is what remains after costs.
Narrator: In a second sense, "tax revenue" is the money a government collects in taxes.
Narrator: Business, finance, government and start-ups all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: revenue is the top line.
Speaker A: How's the start-up doing?
Speaker B: REVENUE doubled this year! It comes from old French for returning.
Speaker A: So they're profitable?
Speaker B: Not yet, costs are high.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "Annual revenue reached two million", a report. "Tax revenue fell", economics. "Ads are our main revenue stream", a business plan.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Do not use revenue and profit as if they mean the same.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Income is its cousin, turnover its twin, and takings an alternative — yet revenue keeps its prosperous charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "revenue" in AI prompts — useful for dashboards and financial planning.
Speaker A: How for dashboards?
Speaker B: Show trends.
Prompt: Build a chart showing monthly revenue against last year with growth percentages.
Speaker A: And planning?
Speaker B: Forecast.
Prompt: Forecast next quarter’s revenue from these twelve months of sales.
Speaker A: Could it help pitches?
Speaker B: Yes, for models.
Prompt: List three possible revenue streams for a free language-learning app.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: SQL.
Prompt: Write a SQL query that totals revenue by product category for last month.
Revenue — meaning in Arabic & definition More R courses GL Dictionary