[C,U] the money that a person, a region, a country, etc. earns from work, from investing money from business, etc:
people on high / low incomes * a weekly disposable income (= the money that you have left to spend after tax, etc.) of 」200 * a rise in national income * They receive a proportion of their income from the sale of goods and services. * Tourism is a major source of income for the area. * higher / middle / lower income groups
compareEXPENDITURE
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