income

Money coming in

Income is money received regularly from work, investments, or other sources.

It typically refers to what flows in over a period of time rather than accumulated wealth: household income, annual income, investment income.

Income can be gross (before deductions) or net (after taxes and other withholdings).

They live on a fixed income.

earnings

wages

Payment for work

remuneration · take-home · gross · net · bonus · commission · overtime · tips · gratuity · stipend

livelihood

employment

Paid occupation status

  • jobPaid position of employment
  • careerLifelong occupational pursuit
  • occupationOne's regular paid work

profession · vocation · breadwinner · provider · self-sufficiency · subsistence · sustenance · workforce · labor · work

investment

dividend

Corporate profit share

capital gains · appreciation · passive · portfolio · rental · royalties · annuity · coupon · payout · equity

wealth

affluence

Abundance of money

net worth · inheritance · endowment · estate · millionaire · billionaire · disposable · discretionary · upper-class · comfortable

inequality

disparity

Measurable difference between things

quintile · median · poverty · middle-class · working-class · stratification · mobility · wage gap · living wage · minimum wage

tax

taxation

Compulsory government revenue collection

withholding · exemptions · credits · taxable · non-taxable · refund · liability · filing · itemize · standard deduction

revenue

sales

Revenue from goods moved

inflow · billing · takings · monetization · proceeds · collections · invoicing · accounts receivable · top-line · operating

Categories
Opposites
financial flow direction

incomeexpenditure

Money paid out

expenses · outgo · outlay · outflow · spending

economic status

incomeloss

Being without something

debt · deficit · poverty · insolvency · bankruptcy

Phrases
Family

earned income credit, unearned income, incomes, income tax, incomer, incomers, net income, incomings, low-income

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