returns vs revenue

returns

noun
  • Merchandise returned to the retailer, wholesaler or supplier. 

  • The return of the soldiers fit for duty. 

  • The rendering back of a writ to the proper officer. 

  • A mild, light-coloured kind of tobacco. 

revenue

noun
  • A return; something paid back. 

  • All income generated for some political entity's treasury by taxation and other means. 

  • The net income from normal business operations; net sales. 

  • The income returned by an investment. 

  • The total sales; turnover. 

  • The total income received from a given source. 

verb
  • To supply with revenue. 

  • To generate revenue. 

How often have the words returns and revenue occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )