8 sentences with 'income'
Example sentences and phrases with the word income and other words derived from it.
• « Back in the United States, a promoter listened to Jon, who was already 27 years old, and asked him many questions about his income and work plans. »
• « To serve in the imperial senate required an annual income of 1,000,000 sesterces (the basic currency of the empire). »
• « To serve on the governing council of a small town or village required an annual income of 100,000 sesterces. »
• « Thus, on the whole, social mobility was so limited as to be almost non-existent (to cite just one example, a member of the Empire's elite class could have an annual income 17,000 times higher than that of a poor labourer). »
• « One notorious practice was that of bishops or archbishops who controlled and received income from many different territories (called "bishoprics") at once, but never actually visited them. »
• « The medieval idea was that the king should live on the income from his own property; it was the new monarchies of the Renaissance period that successfully promoted the idea that kings had the right to levy taxes across the board. »
• « One of the simplest ways in which Versailles undermined their power was that it cost so much to keep them there - around 50% of the income of all but the richest nobles present in the town or castle was spent on lodgings, clothing, gifts and servants. »
• « Class divisions were visible in the dress and manners of individuals, and each class dressed in different 'uniforms' - it was a time when the hat indicated income and class membership. »