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# income

«income» in Mova's school dictionary: **the money a person, family or business gets, from work…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an income, incomes; also uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

Income is the money a person, family or business gets, from work, selling things or other places, usually counted per week, month or year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/income/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In maths and money lessons: income minus spending equals savings; pocket money is a child's income. In social studies: low-income families, income tax. Phrases: monthly income, low income, income tax, source of income, live on an income.

### examples

- Dad's income comes from his job as a nurse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/income/#x1)
- My weekly income is 5 pounds of pocket money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/income/#x2)
- Families on a low income can get help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/income/#x3)
- The shop's income went up at Christmas time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/income/#x4)
- Income tax is taken from your pay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/income/#x5)
- Selling eggs gives the farm extra income. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/income/#x6)
- My dear, she lived on her income--and that is a thing that a great many people would like to be able to do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/income/#x7)

### note

Usually uncountable, but "incomes" is used when comparing people. Opposite of spending or expenses. In maths: savings = income − spending; if income is 400 and spending is 350, 50 is saved. Income per year = income per month × 12.

### In the corpora

- [Britain started income tax in 1799 to pay for wars against Napoleon; it was dropped and brought back several times and became permanent.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time/15/)
- [Tithing is the old practice of giving a tenth of one's income to God's work.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/27-sunday-school-youth-groups-and-charity/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «income» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/income/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.