Dictionary 1. (n.) The place where water or air is taken into a pipe or conduit; -- opposed to outlet.2. (n.) the beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder. 3. (n.) The quantity taken in; as, the intake of air. Thesaurus access adit admission air lock approach avails box office commissions corridor credit credits disposable income dividend dividends earned income earnings entrance entranceway entree entry entryway gains gangplank gangway gate gate receipts get gross gross income gross receipts hall import importation importing in income incoming infiltration ingoing ingress ingression inlet input insertion insinuation interpenetration introduction introgression intrusion leakage make means of access net net income net receipts opening output passage passageway penetration percolation proceeds produce profits receipt receipts receivables reception returns revenue royalties seepage take take-in takings unearned income vestibule way way in yield |