🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

收入来源

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shōurù láiyuán

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Source-of-income/sɔːrs əv ˈɪn.kʌm/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"房东不得因租客的收入来源而拒绝出租房屋。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The origin or type of financial support or earnings a person receives, such as employment wages, pensions, child support, or government assistance.

    "Housing discrimination based on an applicant's source-of-income is illegal in several states."
  2. 2

    In taxation and economics, the specific geographical or categorical origin from which taxable revenue is generated.

    "Tax authorities closely examine the source-of-income for foreign nationals operating within the country."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'source' derived from Old French 'sourse' (the rising of a stream) via Latin 'surgere' (to rise), and 'income' from Middle English meaning what comes in. It evolved into a legal and administrative compound phrase heavily utilized in civil rights, housing, and financial legislation to denote the origin of funds used by individuals.

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