Revenue vs Taxes - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between revenue and taxes

is that revenue is the income returned by an investment while taxes is money paid to the government for public purposes.

third-person singular of tax.

(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.

* (accounting) net sales, turnover

* revenuer * revenue stamp

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(uncountable) Money paid to the government for public purposes.

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