In"come (?), n. 1.
A coming in; entrance; admittance; ingress; infusion.
[Obs.] Shak.
More abundant incomes of light and strength
from God.
Bp. Rust.
At mine income I louted low.
Drant.
2. That which is caused to enter;
inspiration; influence; hence, courage or zeal imparted.
[R.]
I would then make in and steep
My income in their blood.
Chapman.
3. That gain which proceeds from labor,
business, property, or capital of any kind, as the produce of a farm,
the rent of houses, the proceeds of professional business, the
profits of commerce or of occupation, or the interest of money or
stock in funds, etc.; revenue; receipts; salary; especially, the
annual receipts of a private person, or a corporation, from property;
as, a large income.
No fields afford
So large an income to the village lord.
Dryden.
4. (Physiol.) That which is taken into
the body as food; the ingesta; -- sometimes restricted to the
nutritive, or digestible, portion of the food. See Food.
Opposed to output.
Income bond, a bond issued on the income of
the corporation or company issuing it, and the interest of which is
to be paid from the earnings of the company before any dividends are
made to stockholders; -- issued chiefly or exclusively by railroad
companies. -- Income tax, a tax upon a
person's incomes, emoluments, profits, etc., or upon the excess
beyond a certain amount.
Syn. -- Gain; profit; proceeds; salary; revenue; receipts;
interest; emolument; produce.