{
    "term": "income",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the money that a person, a region, a country, etc. earns from work, from investing money, from business, etc.",
            "sensetop": "on an incomeincome from something",
            "labels": "(informal)(informal)(British English)(North American English)(informal)(informal)(informal)(British English)(US English)(formal)(especially North American English)(British English)(especially British English)(especially British English)(North American English usually)(informal)(informal)especially North American English",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Average **household income** fell slightly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a weekly **disposable income** *(= the money that you have left to spend after tax, etc.)* of £400"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His parents have a combined **annual income** of less than $85 000."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Net income** for the year was $43m."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a rise in national income"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Trying to **earn an income** as an artist can be hard."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some low-paid workers **supplement their income** with second jobs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tourism **generates income** for the local economy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These tax changes should help people on **low incomes**.",
                    "contextForm": "on an income"
                },
                {
                    "text": "New figures show a drop in income for the newly retired."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They lived on the rental income from the property.",
                    "contextForm": "income from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They receive a proportion of their income from the sale of goods and services."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tourism is a major **source of income** for the area."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Both higher- and lower-income groups will be paying more tax from next year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A large number of families in the area are living on below-average incomes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some farmers increased their income fivefold."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A lot of our income comes from bank interest."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Average incomes are rising more slowly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Every company must keep control of its income and expenditure."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Financial assets have the advantage of earning income."
                },
                {
                    "text": "For 2023, expenditure exceeded income by £10 000."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has a large private income on top of what he earns as a teacher."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She planned to buy two more properties so she could live off the rental income."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many families on a low income are dependent on state support."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Operating income rose 14% to £36.5 million."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She received an income for life as a result of her father's will."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He supplements his income by doing an evening job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was living on a small, fixed income and having trouble paying her bills."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Social security guarantees an income to retired and disabled workers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The income gap between rich and poor is growing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The industry claims the regulations have cost them $184 million in lost income."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a young couple with a combined income of $69 000"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is definitely in the higher income bracket."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company has an income of around $10 million a year."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money", "Business"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["high", "large", "six-figure"],
                "verb + income": ["have", "receive", "earn"],
                "income + verb": [
                    "arise (from something)",
                    "come from something",
                    "derive from something"
                ],
                "income + noun": ["bracket", "group", "level"],
                "preposition": ["on an income", "income from"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the distribution of income",
                    "the redistribution of income",
                    "a drop in income"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪnkʌm//ˈɪnkəm/",
                "audio": "in/income/income__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪnkʌm//ˈɪnkəm/",
                "audio": "in/income/income__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘entrance, arrival’, now only Scots): in early use from Old Norse innkoma, later from in + come. The current sense dates from the late 16th cent."
}