🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Einnahmequelle

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ayn-nahme-quelle

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Revenue source/ˈrɛv.əˌnu sɔːrs/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Das Unternehmen erschloss eine neue Einnahmequelle."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An origin or establishment from which a business, organization, or government receives money.

    "Diversifying the company's revenue sources helped protect it against market fluctuations."
  2. 2

    A specific stream or category of incoming funds within a financial model.

    "Subscription fees became their primary revenue source within the first year."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'revenue' from Old French 'revenir' (meaning 'to return') and ultimately Latin 'revenire', with 'source' from Old French 'sourse' (a rising from the ground, spring). Together, it emerged in modern economic and business lexicon to describe the origin from which a company or entity generates its income.

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