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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Revenue \Rev"e*nue\, n. [F. revenu, OF. revenue, fr. revenir to
   return, L. revenire; pref. re- re- + venire to come. See
   Come.]
   1. That which returns, or comes back, from an investment; the
      annual rents, profits, interest, or issues of any species
      of property, real or personal; income.
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            Do not anticipate your revenues and live upon air
            till you know what you are worth.     --Gray.
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   2. Hence, return; reward; as, a revenue of praise.
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   3. The annual yield of taxes, excise, customs, duties, rents,
      etc., which a nation, state, or municipality collects and
      receives into the treasury for public use.
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   Revenue cutter, an armed government vessel employed to
      enforce revenue laws, prevent smuggling, etc.
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cutter \Cut"ter\ (k[u^]t"t[~e]r), n.
   1. One who cuts; as, a stone cutter; a die cutter; esp., one
      who cuts out garments.
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   2. That which cuts; a machine or part of a machine, or a tool
      or instrument used for cutting, as that part of a mower
      which severs the stalk, or as a paper cutter.
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   3. A fore tooth; an incisor. --Ray.
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   4. (Naut.)
      (a) A boat used by ships of war.
      (b) A fast sailing vessel with one mast, rigged in most
          essentials like a sloop. A cutter is narrower and
          deeper than a sloop of the same length, and depends
          for stability on a deep keel, often heavily weighted
          with lead.
      (c) In the United States, a sailing vessel with one mast
          and a bowsprit, setting one or two headsails. In Great
          Britain and Europe, a cutter sets two headsails, with
          or without a bowsprit.
      (d) A small armed vessel, usually a steamer, in the
          revenue marine service; -- also called revenue
          cutter.
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   5. A small, light one-horse sleigh.
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   6. An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the
      tallies the sums paid.
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   7. A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer. [Obs.]
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   8. A kind of soft yellow brick, used for facework; -- so
      called from the facility with which it can be cut.
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   Cutter bar. (Mach.)
      (a) A bar which carries a cutter or cutting tool, as in a
          boring machine.
      (b) The bar to which the triangular knives of a harvester
          are attached.

   Cutter head (Mach.), a rotating head, which itself forms a
      cutter, or a rotating stock to which cutters may be
      attached, as in a planing or matching machine. --Knight.
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