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Volume vs Revenue - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between volume and revenue

is that volume is a unit of three-dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height. It is measured in units of cubic centimeters in metric, cubic inches or cubic feet in English measurement while revenue is the income returned by an investment.

volume

English

(wikipedia volume)

Alternative forms

* (abbreviation)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A unit of three-dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height. It is measured in units of cubic centimeters in metric, cubic inches or cubic feet in English measurement.
  • Strength of sound. Measured in decibels.
  • The issues of a periodical over a period of one year.
  • A book.
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  • A single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia.
  • Quantity.
  • (economics) The total supply of money in circulation or, less frequently, total amount of credit extended, within a specified national market or worldwide.
  • (computing) An accessible storage area with a single file system, typically resident on a single partition of a hard disk.
  • See also

    * book * tome ; cubic distance * Customary: ounces, pints, quarts, gallons, cubic inches (in3), cubic feet, cubic yards, cubic miles * Metric: mililiters, liters, cubic meters (m3), cubic centimeters ("cc") (cm3) ; sound * Universal: bels, decibels * Metric: millipascals (mPa)

    Derived terms

    * voluminous

    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