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UNEARNED INCOME
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(accounting) income received but not yet earned (usually considered a current liability on a company's balance sheet)
Synonyms:
unearned income; unearned revenue
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("unearned income" is a kind of...):
income (the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time)
Domain category:
accounting (a system that provides quantitative information about finances)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Personal income that you did not earn (e.g., dividends or interest or rent income)
Synonyms:
unearned income; unearned revenue
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("unearned income" is a kind of...):
income (the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time)
Domain category:
revenue enhancement; tax; taxation (charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government)
