Need another word that means the same as “income”? Find 7 synonyms and 30 related words for “income” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Income” are: earnings, salary, pay, remuneration, wages, stipend, emolument
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “income” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| earnings | The excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses. They saved a quarter of all their earnings. |
| emolument | A salary, fee, or profit from employment or office. A clause in the U S constitution prevents sitting legislators from receiving emoluments from their own votes. |
| pay | The money paid to someone for regular work. An entitlement to sickness pay. |
| remuneration | The act of paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses. Adequate remuneration for his work. |
| salary | Something that remunerates. He received a salary of 24 000. |
| stipend | A sum of money allotted on a regular basis; usually for some specific purpose. |
| wages | A recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing. The wages of sin is death. |
| bonus | A sum of money added to a person’s wages as a reward for good performance. Big Christmas bonuses. |
| buyer | A person who makes a purchase. |
| cash | Exchange for cash. I cashed the check as soon as it arrived in the mail. |
| confiscation | The action of taking or seizing someone’s property with authority; seizure. A court ordered the confiscation of her property. |
| customs | The place at a port, airport, or frontier where officials check incoming goods, travellers, or luggage. Cocaine seizures by customs have risen this year. |
| deposit | A facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping. Beds where salt is deposited by the tide. |
| dividend | An individual s share of a dividend. Buying a rail pass may still pay dividends. |
| earn | Earn on some commercial or business transaction earn as salary or wages. The dollars can be placed on deposit and earn interest. |
| earned | Gained or acquired; especially through merit or as a result of effort or action. A well earned reputation for honesty. |
| earnings | Something that remunerates. Export earnings. |
| emolument | Compensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees. The directors emoluments. |
| gross | Produce or earn an amount of money as gross profit or income. A gross exaggeration. |
| lucre | Money, especially when regarded as sordid or distasteful or gained in a dishonourable way. Officials getting their hands grubby with filthy lucre. |
| overpayment | A payment larger than needed or expected. He received 20 000 in benefit overpayments. |
| paycheck | A check issued in payment of wages or salary. |
| property | Shares or investments in property. The president was concerned about the property across from the White House. |
| rates | A local tax on property (usually used in the plural. |
| redistribute | Distribute anew. Redistribute the troops more strategically. |
| redistribution | The distribution of something in a different way, typically to achieve greater social equality. Social justice required redistribution of wealth. |
| remuneration | The act of paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses. Adequate remuneration for his work. |
| revenue | The department of the civil service collecting state revenue. When the revenue makes a demand for tax that demand is implicitly backed by the powers of the state. |
| reward | Bestow honor or rewards upon. The emotional rewards of being a carer. |
| salary | Pay a salary to. The Chinese system salary the doctor and stop his pay when you get ill. |
| subsidy | A grant or contribution of money. The rail service now operates without subsidy. |
| tariff | Charge a tariff. Tariff imported goods. |
| tax | Pay tax on something especially a vehicle. Tax cuts. |
| taxation | Government income due to taxation. The progressive nature of taxation. |
| vat | Place or treat in a vat. The grapes are vatted for between 15 and 21 days and then aged in small barrels. |
| wage | Carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns. Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe. |
| wealth | A plentiful supply of a particular desirable thing. Great wealth is not a sign of great intelligence. |
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