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Revenue in Webster's 1913 dictionary

The 1913 record labels revenue as noun. Its source-bounded etymology and selected historical definition appear below.

WEBSTER 1913noun
Revenue

[F. revenu, OF. revenue, fr. revenir to return, L. revenire; pref. re- re- + venire to come. See Come.]

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Cross-verified 1913 record
Headwordrevenue
Part of speechnoun
Historical etymology[F. revenu, OF. revenue, fr. revenir to return, L. revenire; pref. re- re- + venire to come. See Come.]
Selected historical definitionThat which returns, or comes back, from an investment; the annual rents, profits, interest, or issues of any species of property, real or personal; income.
Signed record IDwebster1913-revenue-noun-79825e489c73
Source locatorCIDE.R, paragraph 7390; Gutenberg eBook 667
Edition-scoped answerNot earliest-attestation proofNot modern consensus
Independent historical textProject Gutenberg section 667Signed structural record sourceGNU GCIDE 0.54 archive
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In Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), "revenue" is labeled noun. Its etymology is recorded as: "[F. revenu, OF. revenue, fr. revenir to return, L. revenire; pref. re- re- + venire to come. See Come.]" The selected historical definition says: "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."

Project Gutenberg Webster 1913 plus signed GNU GCIDE 0.54 Exact cross-verified historical record reviewed 2026-10-04

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