When an individual or company receives money for a service or product that has yet to be fulfilled.
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For example, prepayment on a lease contract - the revenue is a liability until it has been earned.
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When an individual or company receives money for a service or product that has yet to be fulfilled.
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For example, prepayment on a lease contract - the revenue is a liability until it has been earned.
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1. Payment received in advance of providing a good or service. Since an obligation exists on the part of the company to provide goods or services for which the advance payment was received, unearned revenue is a liability. An example is a retainer received by an attorney. When the services are performed, revenue is then earned.
2. In taxation, revenue obtained other than from personal services.
| WordNet: unearned revenue |
The noun has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
(taxes) personal income that you did not earn (e.g., dividends or interest or rent income)
Synonym: unearned income
Meaning #2:
(accounting) income received but not yet earned (usually considered a current liability on a company's balance sheet)
Synonym: unearned income
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