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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When measured correctly, labor’s share of national income has been roughly constant at about 70 percent—for the last century. —

John C. Goodman, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025 The infant mortality rate declined by half, and the gross national income per capita nearly tripled (in real terms in purchasing power, from US$810 in 2001 to $2,590 in 2020. —

Harry Anthony Patrinos, The Conversation, 3 Jan. 2025 Since the ’90s, house prices have risen from roughly four to eight times the average national income. —

Daisy Jones, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2024 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 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 20 Jan. 2025.

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