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{
"term": "income",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "the money that a person, a region, a country, etc. earns from work, from investing money, from business, etc.",
"sensetop": "on an incomeincome from something",
"labels": "(informal)(informal)(British English)(North American English)(informal)(informal)(informal)(British English)(US English)(formal)(especially North American English)(British English)(especially British English)(especially British English)(North American English usually)(informal)(informal)especially North American English",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Average **household income** fell slightly."
},
{
"text": "a weekly **disposable income** *(= the money that you have left to spend after tax, etc.)* of £400"
},
{
"text": "His parents have a combined **annual income** of less than $85 000."
},
{
"text": "**Net income** for the year was $43m."
},
{
"text": "a rise in national income"
},
{
"text": "Trying to **earn an income** as an artist can be hard."
},
{
"text": "Some low-paid workers **supplement their income** with second jobs."
},
{
"text": "Tourism **generates income** for the local economy."
},
{
"text": "These tax changes should help people on **low incomes**.",
"contextForm": "on an income"
},
{
"text": "New figures show a drop in income for the newly retired."
},
{
"text": "They lived on the rental income from the property.",
"contextForm": "income from something"
},
{
"text": "They receive a proportion of their income from the sale of goods and services."
},
{
"text": "Tourism is a major **source of income** for the area."
},
{
"text": "Both higher- and lower-income groups will be paying more tax from next year."
},
{
"text": "A large number of families in the area are living on below-average incomes."
},
{
"text": "Some farmers increased their income fivefold."
},
{
"text": "A lot of our income comes from bank interest."
},
{
"text": "Average incomes are rising more slowly."
},
{
"text": "Every company must keep control of its income and expenditure."
},
{
"text": "Financial assets have the advantage of earning income."
},
{
"text": "For 2023, expenditure exceeded income by £10 000."
},
{
"text": "He has a large private income on top of what he earns as a teacher."
},
{
"text": "She planned to buy two more properties so she could live off the rental income."
},
{
"text": "Many families on a low income are dependent on state support."
},
{
"text": "Operating income rose 14% to £36.5 million."
},
{
"text": "She received an income for life as a result of her father's will."
},
{
"text": "He supplements his income by doing an evening job."
},
{
"text": "She was living on a small, fixed income and having trouble paying her bills."
},
{
"text": "Social security guarantees an income to retired and disabled workers."
},
{
"text": "The income gap between rich and poor is growing."
},
{
"text": "The industry claims the regulations have cost them $184 million in lost income."
},
{
"text": "a young couple with a combined income of $69 000"
},
{
"text": "She is definitely in the higher income bracket."
},
{
"text": "The company has an income of around $10 million a year."
}
],
"topics": ["Money", "Business"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["high", "large", "six-figure"],
"verb + income": ["have", "receive", "earn"],
"income + verb": [
"arise (from something)",
"come from something",
"derive from something"
],
"income + noun": ["bracket", "group", "level"],
"preposition": ["on an income", "income from"],
"phrases": [
"the distribution of income",
"the redistribution of income",
"a drop in income"
]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɪnkʌm//ˈɪnkəm/",
"audio": "in/income/income__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɪnkʌm//ˈɪnkəm/",
"audio": "in/income/income__us_1_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘entrance, arrival’, now only Scots): in early use from Old Norse innkoma, later from in + come. The current sense dates from the late 16th cent."
}