No. 349 in Icelandic
tekjur
Income.
In a sentence
Árstekjur fyrirtækisins jukust um 10% í fyrra.
The company's annual revenues increased by 10% last year.
Here, 'tekjur' refers to the revenues or income accrued by a company over the span of a year, specifying economic inflow.
Tekjur einstaklinga ráðast oft af störfum þeirra.
The income of individuals often depends on their jobs.
In this sentence, 'tekjur' is used to denote the monetary earnings or income that individuals receive, typically through their employment.
Ríkisútgjöld þurfa að stemma við tekjur ríkisins.
Government expenditures need to align with the state's income.
In this context, 'tekjur' signifies the state's income, generally coming from taxes or other public sources of revenue.
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