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Webster 1913 Edition

Income

In′come

,
Noun.
1.
A coming in; entrance; admittance; ingress; infusion.
[Obs.]
Shak.
More abundant
incomes
of light and strength from God.
Bp. Rust.
At mine
income
I louted low.
Drant.
2.
That which is caused to enter; inspiration; influence; hence, courage or zeal imparted.
[R.]
I would then make in and steep
My
income
in their blood.
Chapman.
3.
That gain which proceeds from labor, business, property, or capital of any kind, as the produce of a farm, the rent of houses, the proceeds of professional business, the profits of commerce or of occupation, or the interest of money or stock in funds, etc.; revenue; receipts; salary; especially, the annual receipts of a private person, or a corporation, from property;
as, a large
income
.
No fields afford
So large an
income
to the village lord.
Dryden.
4.
(Physiol.)
That which is taken into the body as food; the ingesta; – sometimes restricted to the nutritive, or digestible, portion of the food. See
Food
. Opposed to
output
.
Syn. – Gain; profit; proceeds; salary; revenue; receipts; interest; emolument; produce.

Webster 1828 Edition

Income

IN'COME

,
Noun.
in'cum. [in and come.] That gain which proceeds from labor, business or property of any kind; the produce of a farm; the rent of houses; the proceeds of professional business; the profits of commerce or of occupation; the interest of money or stock in funds. Income is often used synonymously with revenue, but income is more generally applied to the gain of private persons, and revenue to that of a sovereign or of a state. We speak of the annual income of a gentleman, and the annual revenue of the state.
1.
A coming in; admission; introduction. [Not in use.]

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