1.  revenue(n = noun.possession) gross, receipts - the entire amount of income before any deductions are made;
is a kind of amount, amount of money, sum, sum of money
has particulars: box office, gate

2.  revenue(n = noun.possession) tax income, tax revenue, taxation - government income due to taxation;
is a kind of government income, government revenue
has particulars: internal revenue

1.  That which returns, or comes back, from an investment; the annual rents, profits, interest, or issues of any species of property, real or personal; income. [1913 Webster]
"Do not anticipate your revenues and live upon air till you know what you are worth." [1913 Webster]

2.  Hence, return; reward; as, a revenue of praise. [1913 Webster]

3.  The annual yield of taxes, excise, customs, duties, rents, etc., which a nation, state, or municipality collects and receives into the treasury for public use. [1913 Webster]

revenue, n.
1 a income, esp. of a large amount, from any source. b (in pl.) items constituting this.
2 a State's annual income from which public expenses are met.
3 the department of the civil service collecting this.

Idiom:
revenue tax a tax imposed to raise revenue, rather than to affect trade.

Etymology:
ME f. OF revenu(e) past part. of revenir f. L revenire return (as RE-, venire come)

N  means, resources, wherewithal, ways and means, capital, revenue, stock in trade, provision, a shot in the locker, appliances, means and appliances, conveniences, cards to play, expedients, two strings to one's bow, sheet anchor, aid, medium, instrumental, mechanical, by means of, with, by what means, by all means, by any means, by some means, wherewith, herewith, therewith, wherewithal, how, through, with the aid of, by the aid of, by the agency of.

N  receipt, value received, money coming in, income, incomings, innings, revenue, return, proceeds, gross receipts, net profit, earnings, accepta, avails, rent, rent roll, rental, rentage, rack-rent, premium, bonus, sweepstakes, tontine, pension, annuity, jointure, alimony, palimony, pittance, emolument, receiving, received, profitable.

collector of internal revenue, government revenue, gross revenue, inland revenue, internal revenue, internal revenue agent, internal revenue service, revenue bond, revenue enhancement, revenue sharing, revenue stamp, revenue tariff, tax revenue, unearned revenue, utility revenue bond