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Revenue vs Remuneration - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between revenue and remuneration

is that revenue is the income returned by an investment while remuneration is something given in exchange for goods or services rendered.

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

    remuneration

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something given in exchange for goods or services rendered.
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=1885) , author=H. Rider Haggard , title=King Solomon's Mines , chapter=2 citation , passage=“Mr. Quatermain,” said the former, “I am well off, and I am bent upon this business. You may put the remuneration for your services at whatever figure you like in reason, and it shall be paid over to you before we start. Moreover, I will arrange in the event of anything untoward happening to us or to you, that your son shall be suitably provided for. You will see from this offer how necessary I think your presence. Also if by chance we should reach this place, and find diamonds, they shall belong to you and Good equally. I do not want them. But of course that promise is worth nothing at all, though the same thing would apply to any ivory we might get. You may pretty well make your own terms with me, Mr. Quatermain; and of course I shall pay all expenses.”}}
  • A payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument.
  • A recompense for a loss; compensation.
  • Synonyms

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