revenue
Definition
Amount generated from sale of goods or services, or any other use of capital or assets, associated with the main operations of firm—before any costs or expenses are deducted. Revenue is shown usually as the top item in an income (profit and loss) statement from which all charges, costs, and expenses are subtracted to arrive at the net income of the firm. Also called sales, or (in the UK) turnover.
revenue is in the Accounting & Auditing, Banking, Commerce & Finance and Economics, Politics, & Society subjects.
revenue appears in the definitions of the following terms:
group currency,
ton mile,
accrued revenue,
fund,
fixed asset turnover ratio,
net sales,
top line,
chief knowledge officer (CKO),
load factor,
capital reserve
and
revenue appears in the other terms:
revenue income,
recognition of revenue,
revenue treatment,
other revenues and expenses,
revenue expenditure,
deferred revenue,
revenue bond,
revenue passenger mile (RPM),
operating revenue,
unrecorded revenue
and
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