national income

noun

: the aggregate of earnings from a nation's current production including compensation of employees, interest, rental income, and profits of business after taxes

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Florida has stabilized debt at about 10% of state income as compared to over 120% of gross federal debt to national income. David M. Walker, Sun Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2024 Russia’s national income statistics have been suppressed from the IMF since 2022 because Putin is afraid to show the world how bad his economy is crumbling across every sector. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024 Barclays analyst Venugopal Garre noted that while the middle class is at a new growth stage, the top 10% of India’s population control nearly 50% of the country’s national income. Pia Singh, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2024 One of the most prominent—and, frankly, distracting—threads of criticism concerns the way MAGA Point Bridge Gop Stock Tracker ETF 0.0% advocates and others interpret the national income accounts. James Broughel, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for national income 

Word History

First Known Use

1878, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of national income was in 1878

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“National income.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/national%20income. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.

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