revenu

Revenu is a French term that broadly denotes earnings or monetary inflows received on a regular basis. It can refer to earnings by individuals, households, or organizations and encompasses incomes from work, capital, property, and transfers.

In economic statistics, revenu can be categorized as primary income (revenu primaire), which includes wages and salaries, profits, rents, and interest. After taxes and social transfers, this transforms into disposable income (revenu disponible), a measure used to assess the resources available for consumption and savings. Distinctions are often made between revenu brut (gross income) and revenu net (net income), the latter after social contributions and taxes.

In personal finance, revenu is contrasted with concepts such as pouvoir d’achat (purchasing power) and is used to describe monthly or annual earnings. Terms such as revenu du travail (income from work) and revenu du capital (income from capital) are common. The notion of universal basic income has popularized phrases like revenu universel in contemporary policy discussions.

For businesses, the word revenu is less commonly used to describe company performance; chiffre d’affaires (revenue or turnover) is the standard term for a company’s gross sales. In public finance, revenu also refers to government receipts, or recettes publiques, such as tax revenue.

See also: revenu disponible, revenu primaire, revenu net, pouvoir d’achat, revenu universel.