Emily Dickinson Lexicon

REV'E-NUE, n. [Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return, L. revenio; re and venio, to come.]

1. In a general sense, the annual rents, profits, interest of issues of any species of property, real or personal, belonging to an individual or to the public. When used of individuals, it is equivalent to income. In modern usage, income is applied more generally to the rents and profits of individuals, and revenue to those of the state. In the latter case revenue is:
2. The annual produce of taxes, excise, customs, duties, rents, &c. which a nation or state collects and receives into the treasury for public use.
3. Return; reward; as, a rich revenue of praise.
4. A fleshy lump on the head of a deer. – Encyc.