define revenue.
revenue noun [C/U]. âº the âincome that a âbusiness or âgovernment âreceives âregularly, or an âamount ârepresenting such âincome: [C usually pl] âstate/âfederal revenues [U] Company revenue ârose 4% last âyear. (Definition of revenue from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press). See all translations.
Revenue is the money you collect for providing a product or service. Revenue is different from earnings, which is what's left of your revenue after subtracting the costs of producing or delivering the product or service and any taxes you paid on the amount you took in.