Emily Dickinson Lexicon

income, n. [OE incuman.]

1. Wage; salary; amount gained from labor; [fig.] worth; value; divine potential.
2. Earnings; budget for available expenditures; [fig.] reasonable expectations.
3. Stipend; estate; living; [fig.] muse for creative writing; source of poetic inspiration; [word play on “coming in”] entrance; arrival; one who comes in.