Examples of income in a Sentence
Any income from investments must be reported.
Farming is his main source of income.
Even on two incomes, we're having a hard time keeping up with our bills.
He earns a good income as a consultant.
What was the company's annual income?
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For example, fund company T. Rowe Price suggests that someone at age 45 should have a retirement balance three times that of their current income, yet someone by age 55 should have a balance that's seven times that of income.
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Russ Wiles, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
That's according to a new study from Allianz Life that surveyed 1,000 U.S. adults aged 25 years and older with annual incomes of $50,000 and above.
—Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2025
Tesla missed expectations on the top and bottom lines and reported a 71% plunge in net income from the year prior.
—Chris Eudaily, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2025
Unfortunately, this reasonable attempt to balance higher tariffs with lower domestic taxes has been running into trouble, both with the difficulty of continuing the lower tax rates introduced in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and also some hints towards higher income taxes.
—Nathan Lewis, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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Russ Wiles, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
That's according to a new study from Allianz Life that surveyed 1,000 U.S. adults aged 25 years and older with annual incomes of $50,000 and above.
—Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2025
Tesla missed expectations on the top and bottom lines and reported a 71% plunge in net income from the year prior.
—Chris Eudaily, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2025
Unfortunately, this reasonable attempt to balance higher tariffs with lower domestic taxes has been running into trouble, both with the difficulty of continuing the lower tax rates introduced in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and also some hints towards higher income taxes.
—Nathan Lewis, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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“Income.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/income. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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income
noun
in·come
ˈin-ˌkəm 
: a gain usually measured in money that comes in from labor, business, or property
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