noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
export earnings/revenue (=the money a company or country makes from exports)
▪ Oil and gas provide 40% of Norway’s export earnings.
generate revenue/profits/income etc
▪ Tourism generates income for local communities.
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
Inland Revenue
Internal Revenue Service
maximize profit/revenue etc
▪ The company’s main function is to maximize profit.
surplus cash/funds/revenues
▪ Surplus cash can be invested.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
additional
▪ This additional revenue is then spent on non-emergency state activities; that is, it is displaced.
▪ Create additional revenue from membership fees 5.
▪ But after his first shot, Mr Smith will find it virtually impossible to raise much additional revenue from the better-off.
▪ Any additional revenue goes into funding more boys' towns.
▪ It can prove that it has secured additional revenue sources, while protecting our screens from unwelcome foreign imports.
▪ They also came from large conurbations able to provide additional revenue through commercial support and gate income.
annual
▪ The top 10 percent of the people receive half the annual revenue.
▪ C., with annual revenue of about $ 45 million.
▪ He ranks just fourth in total assets, with a nine-billion-dollar annual revenue flow.
▪ This was to he supplemented with one-third of the annual revenue.
▪ Yet Pitt during his first eight years managed to raise annual revenue from £12.5 million to £18.5 million.
▪ Together, the two companies will have $ 8. 4 billion in annual revenue.
▪ And the Wang derives almost half its annual revenue from Ballet rent, concessions and gimcrack sales.
▪ The combined company would have annual revenue of about $ 500 million.
extra
▪ The opening of Lydney Lakeside, plus the excellent visitors centre at Norchard, had brought in many extra passengers and revenue.
▪ In simplest terms, extra lines mean extra revenue.
▪ The 1925 Illuminations attracted an additional million passengers to the Promenade trams, bringing an extra revenue of £7,360.
▪ The recipients did not, and in the short run simply could not, spend the majority of their extra revenue.
▪ The result: millions of contented passengers, and millions of extra revenue.
▪ But extra tax revenue from working pensioners could claw back £130m.
▪ And it will generate extra revenue from the extra uses.
▪ Large bedrooms with two large beds accommodating the family for little or no extra cost means revenue from extra meals and drinks.
general
▪ About $ 220 million comes from taxes on cigarettes, and the rest from general revenue.
▪ Increasingly, however, city officials tended to speak of the grant as a source of general fund revenue.
▪ First, a surging economy has boosted state general fund revenue $ 2. 6 billion since last year.
local
▪ If you elect to become self-employed you will have to let your local inland revenue office know.
▪ Others will tighten their belts, downscale their programs, sell more t-shirts and look for local sources of revenue.
▪ First, ratepayers do not provide all, or even the major proportion of, local authority revenue.
▪ Only about 20 percent of local government revenue was being raised from households actually required to pay rates.
▪ Commentators instead emphasize that the poll tax is ultimately concerned with reducing local government revenue.
▪ It was used to argue that all members of the household should contribute to local revenue if they used local services.
▪ Various alternative schemes for raising local authority revenue have been proposed and are in operation in other countries.
▪ Having tried and failed to control spending the government then decided to control local revenue.
lost
▪ Firms within enterprise zones would not pay rates for ten years, local government being reimbursed for lost revenue by the Treasury.
▪ The inducement to give is greater, but by the same token there is a cost to the Exchequer in lost revenue.
marginal
▪ Equating marginal cost and marginal revenue, each firm will produce an output at which price exceeds marginal cost.
▪ In equilibrium this higher marginal revenue exactly offsets transportation costs.
▪ This excess of price over both marginal revenue and marginal cost is a convenient measure of the firm's monopoly power.
▪ The left-hand side represents marginal revenue.
▪ Theoretical transfer pricing is all very well, but in practice not many companies will know their marginal cost and revenue functions.
▪ Let R be the ratio of price to marginal revenue for good i as perceived by firms in some country.
▪ The profit-maximizing policy involves setting marginal revenue equal to marginal cost.
▪ As usual, marginal revenue equals the price times one minus one over the elasticity of demand.
new
▪ By increasing the Group's focus on the digital environment, Emap expects to generate significant new revenue streams.
▪ Nearly all of the cuts were made in proposals for increased spending, using new revenue from a surging economy.
▪ This brought in new allies, particularly from inland Karia, and new revenue.
▪ The increased salaries, in turn, have forced teams to scramble for new revenue sources.
▪ There are already early signs that this media flexible approach to our markets is creating opportunities to grow new revenue streams:?
▪ C., and generally increased the awareness of local officials about the new revenue sources represented by categorical grants.
▪ We expect to grow our digital operations significantly and build new revenue streams-particularly in e-commerce.
▪ The utility of the new revenue as well as its potential for conflict hinged on the strings attached to its use.
total
▪ In more than half of the years between 1713 and 1785 debt service took up more than 40 percent of total revenue.
▪ The maker of database and e-business software said total revenue grew by about 9 percent during the quarter.
▪ While all customs duties accrued to the federal government, it received only about one-third of total sales tax revenue in 1985.
▪ The difference between total revenue of $ 15 and total costs of $ 13 will be an economic profit of $ 2.
▪ The major Inland Revenue tax is personal income taxation whose yield is a quarter of total revenue raised.
▪ To evaluate the impact of government budgets, it is necessary to look at total revenue and total expenditures as a whole.
▪ This is the break-even point where total cost equals total revenue.
■ NOUN
account
▪ To neo-Keynesians it matters little what local authorities spend on revenue account.
▪ Previously it charged all operating costs, including those related to the management of investments, to revenue account.
▪ Few if any, local authorities produce a consolidated revenue account.
▪ This is mistaken because the charge to revenue accounts does not reflect cash flows, only loan redemptions.
▪ The effect of forcing loan redemptions through revenue accounts was to link financing of the assets with accounting for them.
▪ If there are effects on the revenue account, these will be accounted for when the revenue finance is required.
▪ Given the standard revenue account above there are two further issues which this objective versus subjective classification introduces.
advertising
▪ Emap boosted profits by 50% to £14.8m in the six months to October 3, despite flat advertising revenue.
▪ Between 200 and 300 new commercial stations could come on air in the 1990s and intense competition for advertising revenue is inevitable.
▪ They also say up to £70m in advertising revenue could be lost.
▪ They reckon that 90% of their advertising revenue from baseball each season is generated during post-season play.
▪ The station will carry religious, as well as documentary, news and drama material and will be funded by advertising revenue.
▪ Pan has been struggling financially: last year alone, advertising revenue fell by 20%.
▪ But what is more important? Advertising revenue or quality?
▪ For the commercial sector, advertising revenue has represented an ever-growing pool of funds.
growth
▪ And the proof of the pudding is 40% revenue growth worldwide year-on-year.
▪ See what the balance sheet is, look at revenue growth and see what will make revenues grow.
▪ The impact of this capacity is expected to start affecting revenue growth in the second quarter of 2000.
▪ The two Chairman insisted that revenue growth has as big a role in the merger justification as efficiency improvements through operating synergies.
▪ By 1980, when Arizonans capped county revenue growth, counties could not keep up with costs.
▪ But apart from securing revenue growth, the moves also help to lock clients more closely into the group.
▪ Our London radio stations, Magic and Kiss, produced the strongest revenue growth at 41 %, reflecting their rising audiences.
oil
▪ For years, economists here and abroad had said that oil revenue, if properly invested, could for ever sustain this nation.
▪ Much would depend on how the oil revenue is split.
▪ The State Department won, but demanded that the oil revenue should be spent only on things like health and education.
passenger
▪ For the year, revenue passenger miles increased 8. 8 % to 13. 3 billion.
▪ For the year, traffic rose 24 % to 1. 26 billion revenue passenger miles from 1. 02 billion.
▪ A revenue passenger mile is one paying passenger flown one mile.
▪ For the year, traffic fell 3. 8 % to 40 billion revenue passenger miles from 41. 6 billion.
petroleum
▪ Mr Lamont plausibly presented his reforms of petroleum revenue tax as taking sensible cognisance of a much-changed industry.
service
▪ These entered service in November 1995 and have now operated over 3,000 revenue service trips between Helsinki and Turku.
▪ Some lasted in revenue service a few more years however.
▪ This should allow the start of revenue services to the Airport by mid-2001.
source
▪ In political terms this failure forced heavy dependence on indirect revenue sources.
▪ The increased salaries, in turn, have forced teams to scramble for new revenue sources.
▪ In this way the influence of revenue source over programme content was minimized.
▪ C., and generally increased the awareness of local officials about the new revenue sources represented by categorical grants.
▪ The relative importance of these revenue sources can be seen in Fig. 12-1.
▪ They have three major revenue sources.
▪ It can prove that it has secured additional revenue sources, while protecting our screens from unwelcome foreign imports.
▪ In this case the objective is to close the fiscal gap between revenue sources and expenditure responsibilities between different authorities.
stream
▪ By increasing the Group's focus on the digital environment, Emap expects to generate significant new revenue streams.
▪ A revenue bond, on the other hand, is paid by a defined revenue stream, specified by the county.
▪ That capital is dead money until the revenue stream comes on line.
▪ In 1996, Massachusetts passed a law to provide an ongoing state revenue stream for connecting activities related to school-to-work.
▪ It's already got a revenue stream from its education courses.
▪ In time, as the portfolio of products develops, additional revenue streams are expected from e-commerce activities.
▪ However, in time, other revenue streams are expected from e-commerce opportunities.
▪ We expect to grow our digital operations significantly and build new revenue streams-particularly in e-commerce.
support
▪ What has happened to the statements that we expected on revenue support grant?
▪ I am one of those who believe that the revenue support grant makes the Schleswig-Holstein question a model of clarity.
▪ Another change in local government finance is that the rate support grant has been replaced by the revenue support grant.
▪ For 1992-3 it has budgeted revenue support of £30.2 million and capital investment of £8 million.
▪ It is important to consider the wider implications of the revenue support grant settlement as it applies to all London.
tax
▪ If the government wishes to raise tax revenue in order to subsidize the poor, it should levy a tax on films.
▪ Both activities cause the tax revenue necessary to pay for redistributive activities to melt away.
▪ Government need tax revenue to pay for public goods and to make transfer payments to the poor.
▪ It likely would generate more tax revenue than Sears.
▪ While all customs duties accrued to the federal government, it received only about one-third of total sales tax revenue in 1985.
▪ Population figures are used to divide up more than $ 500 million a year in state tax revenue among local governments.
▪ Variety of Taxes Governments can raise tax revenue only if they can identify the activities on which the tax rates apply.
▪ With economic growth, tax revenue grew faster than government expenditures.
■ VERB
advertise
▪ The company says its lack of online advertising revenue is to blame.
▪ These ventures partner with software companies and share a cut of the advertising revenue.
▪ After that, he expects advertising revenue to cover the cost of supporting a customer.
▪ Sausalito-based Magellan also fell behind the pack when it came to pulling in advertising revenue.
▪ The station had almost no advertising revenue, and they conceived this idea, this promotion.
▪ The bigger the audience, the bigger the advertising revenue.
boost
▪ The proposed budget also would raise taxes and some federal fees, boosting revenue by about $ 80 billion.
▪ That helped to boost operating revenue 8. 2 percent, to 221. 66 billion pesetas.
▪ First, a surging economy has boosted state general fund revenue $ 2. 6 billion since last year.
bring
▪ The 1925 Illuminations attracted an additional million passengers to the Promenade trams, bringing an extra revenue of £7,360.
▪ My priority is to drive the business, bring in the revenue, no matter what it takes.
▪ This will also bring in useful revenue to promote the railway.
▪ In the end, the tax brought in much less revenue than originally forecast.
▪ But how much longer can these companies survive with nothing to sell to bring in revenue but plenty to spend money on?
▪ Herrera urged Congress to work out with the Minister of Finance some financial plan which would bring in additional revenue.
earn
▪ Answer guide: Broadly matching revenue with cost incurred in earning that revenue.
▪ Through the first nine months of 1995, Moscom earned eight cents on revenue of $ 12. 6 million.
▪ Central government clearly earns a substantial tax revenue from sport, both indirectly, on expenditure, and directly, on incomes.
estimate
▪ Between now and December, the company estimates that revenue will be down by a million pounds.
▪ It last estimated tourist revenue in 1992 at $ 4. 1 billion.
▪ Rent estimates made in 1995 were higher than actual revenue but were still used for estimating 1996 and 1997 revenue.
▪ She estimated revenue was $ 255 million, up from $ 214 million a year earlier.
▪ Conservatively estimate your expected revenue by month and for your year based upon when the check will be received.
▪ The company estimates that fourth-quarter revenue rose 26 % to roughly $ 9. 3 million from $ 7. 4 million.
▪ The estimated reduction in state revenue from the higher credit will be $ 635 million in fiscal year 1999.
expect
▪ First, obviously, they expect to raise enough revenue to pay for their own activities.
▪ The expected revenue from this source was depended upon to help turn back the enemy.
▪ What has happened to the statements that we expected on revenue support grant?
▪ For the full year, the company expects revenue to have risen about 16 %.
▪ Borland expects revenue for the quarter ended June 30 in the range of $ 34 million to $ 35 million.
▪ San Francisco-based McKesson said the contract is expected to generate revenue of $ 250 million in the first year.
▪ After that, he expects advertising revenue to cover the cost of supporting a customer.
▪ It expects revenue to exceed $ 100 million this year, up from $ 85 million last year.
generate
▪ It is also generating revenue from those customers.
▪ Calculated in the currencies where Sandoz generates its revenue, sales showed a 14 percent rise.
▪ Nightly champagne parties and weekly Concorde flights, although fun, unfortunately generate no revenue.
▪ The only way Riddick Bowe generates revenue is by fighting.
▪ By increasing the Group's focus on the digital environment, Emap expects to generate significant new revenue streams.
▪ Assist-A-Care generates annual revenue of more than $ 6 million.
▪ On this basis, by about 1996, sales of electronic information products will be generating more revenue than sales of books.
▪ San Francisco-based McKesson said the contract is expected to generate revenue of $ 250 million in the first year.
increase
▪ The effect was to increase revenue.
▪ It is intended that more trains will be run and the season extended in order to increase business revenue from all possible sources.
▪ That would increase revenue for station owners.
▪ In the meantime, the board had to try to increase revenue where it could.
▪ Four units posted double-digit increases in revenue and operating profits.
▪ Charging drivers to use certain roads is also seen as a way of increasing government revenue.
lose
▪ The lost revenue runs into several millions of pounds and several ISPs are believed to be affected.
▪ Fannie Mae loses interest revenue in a lengthy foreclosure.
▪ They want compensation from Manchester Airport for money they predict will be lost from visitor revenue.
▪ Over seven years, repeal would cost nearly $ 34 billion in lost revenue.
▪ Losing him meant that they lost a lot of revenue.
▪ Independent analysts say that such a plan would cost the federal treasury about $ 90 billion-a-year in lost revenue.
▪ Wholesalers and retailers in each state are howling about losing business and state revenue watchdogs are missing tax revenues.
▪ Real programs benefiting real people would have to take a heavy hit to make up for that magnitude of lost revenue.
produce
▪ A local tourist tax, for example, would produce little revenue in most parts of the country.
▪ Some Democrats say it would require a relatively high tax rate near 20 percent to produce sufficient revenue.
▪ Few if any, local authorities produce a consolidated revenue account.
▪ Our London radio stations, Magic and Kiss, produced the strongest revenue growth at 41 %, reflecting their rising audiences.
provide
▪ The last is particularly important as it should provide good long term revenue prospects.
▪ In 1996, Massachusetts passed a law to provide an ongoing state revenue stream for connecting activities related to school-to-work.
▪ All of those could have been candidates to provide extra revenue.
▪ Gullfaks, an oil field east of Statfjord, could provide the revenue lost from Sleipner.
▪ They also came from large conurbations able to provide additional revenue through commercial support and gate income.
raise
▪ Everybody likes a tax cut but the government would actually raise more revenue by cutting taxes.
▪ But fortunately, the spring training teams will play a few charity games to raise some needed revenue.
▪ If the government wishes to raise tax revenue in order to subsidize the poor, it should levy a tax on films.
▪ I am giving no figures ... This measure in the Budget is designed to raise revenue.
▪ The ability of the state to resolve these crises would depend on the states ability to raise revenue and mobilise public support.
▪ Those internal tour games would all raise substantial revenue.
▪ More effective means had to be devised to enforce the Forest law to protect vert and venison, and to raise revenue.
▪ And they wreak havoc with the goal of raising revenue efficiently.
spend
▪ Proper local accountability requires a substantial source of revenue, and freedom to spend that revenue or reduce it.
▪ Nearly all of the cuts were made in proposals for increased spending, using new revenue from a surging economy.
▪ Economists have usually held that trying to tie a government's hands to spend in line with revenue raised for particular purposes is impossible.
▪ To neo-Keynesians it matters little what local authorities spend on revenue account.
▪ Let the police spend the revenue on more speed cameras?
▪ Meantime, another sub-plot is running: £22m of capital receipts which the council has spent as revenue.
trade
▪ Other operating revenue rose to $ 551 million from $ 492 million, led by a surge in trading.
▪ The company cited surging credit card fees and securities trading revenue.
▪ In 1994, when bond prices plummeted, so did trading revenue.
▪ Stock and commodity trading revenue fell to $ 24 million from $ 31 million.
▪ Most of the gain was from trading revenue, which more than doubled to $ 369 million from $ 153 million.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the Inland Revenue
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Nintendo's estimated revenue totals $9 billion worldwide.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Answer guide: Qualitative factors are not capable of being quantified in terms of costs and revenue.
▪ But all these ideas mean a huge loss of revenue to the Treasury, in the hundreds of billions of dollars.
▪ First, obviously, they expect to raise enough revenue to pay for their own activities.
▪ The deal, which should be announced soon, calls for guaranteed revenue of at least $ 700, 000 in 1996.
▪ The temptation to their crews to barter their duty free stores for sterling constituted a high revenue risk at times.
▪ There had been so much revenue in the mortgage department between 1981 and 1986 that costs were a trivial issue.
▪ Total revenue for the year was estimated at N68,730 million.