R - Acounting Glossary
Accounting definitions.
Source: Wikipedia.org
Retained
earnings
Retained earnings are profits that were not paid
to a firm's shareholders. They are reported in
the ownership equity section of the firm's balance
sheet. Dividing profits between dividends and
retained earnings depends on at least two things:
the firm's judgement of its own investment opportunities
relative to those available in the market and
any difference in tax treatment of dividends paid
now and capital gains expected to result from
investing retained earnings.
Revenue
In business, revenue is the amount of money that
a company actually receives from its activities,
mostly from sales to customers. To investors,
revenue is less important than profit, or income,
which is the amount of money the business has
earned after deducting all the business's expenses.

