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provento

proceeds

noun proh-VEN-toh Less Common
People & Society Money

Origin: From Latin proventus, from provenire (to come forth, yield), from pro- + venire (to come).

Also means

revenue

Usage Note

Provento means the proceeds or income generated by an activity — it is used almost exclusively in formal, legal, and financial contexts: proventi illeciti (illicit proceeds), proventi delle vendite (sales proceeds). It is more formal than guadagno (earnings) or ricavo (revenue). The plural i proventi is the more common form in use; the singular is rarer.

Examples

"I proventi della vendita saranno divisi tra i soci."

Natural Translation

The proceeds of the sale will be divided among the partners.

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