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Revenue vs Contribution - What's the difference?

revenue | contribution |

As nouns the difference between revenue and contribution

is that revenue is the income returned by an investment while contribution is something given or offered that adds to a larger whole.

revenue

English

Noun

(wikipedia revenue) (en noun)
  • The income returned by an investment.
  • The total income received from a given source.
  • All income generated for some political entity's treasury by taxation and other means.
  • (accounting) The total sales; turnover.
  • (accounting) The net revenue, net sales.

    • Synonyms

    * (accounting) net sales, turnover

    Derived terms

    * revenuer * revenue stamp

    contribution

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something given or offered that adds to a larger whole.
  • An amount of money given toward something.
  • The act of contributing.