"passive income" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: passive incomes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} passive income (countable and uncountable, plural passive incomes)
  1. (finance) An income that is made using little to no effort, such as pension income, rent, or interest, as opposed to normal employment. Wikipedia link: passive income Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Finance Translations (regular monetary income): 被動收入 /被动收入 (bèidòng shōurù) (Chinese Mandarin), passief inkomen [neuter] (Dutch), passiivitulo (Finnish), passiivinen tulo (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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