Duty
Duty noun - A charge usually of money collected by the government from people or businesses for public use.
Revenue
Revenue noun - An increase usually measured in money that comes from labor, business, or property.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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The resulting wealth threatens to destroy their hard-working rural way of life, so they impose an import duty of 200 million percent on all imports and spend the revenue on defence.
Source: Creator / Cordwainer Smith
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