The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word REVENUE
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More clues leading to the result REVENUE
- Income still invested in French way
- Incoming money about to be given to sports ground?
- Income level in Parisian's street
- Regret accepting equal income
- Regret saving regular income
- Regret restricting equal income
- Regret taking on steady sales line
- Income generated by topical show featuring topless fellows
- Money coming in from flat in French street
- Earnings, extremely remunerative on location
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The straight part
We know that "Income" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case income = revenue.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does REVENUE mean?
REVENUE noun- The income returned by an investment.
- The total income received from a given source.
- All income generated for some political entity's treasury by taxation and other means.
- The total sales; turnover.
- The net income from normal business operations; net sales.
- A return; something paid back.
- To generate revenue.
- To supply with revenue.