vectigal: vectigalia (not only of public revenue, but also of private income from rents, etc.; often used by Cic. in this sense; e.g., Off., 2, 25, 88; Parad. 6, 3): reditus (always in sing.; the return that anything makes; profit from anything): fructus (that which anything produces; the profit from it; e.g., of landed estates): pecunia, also reditus pecuniae (the hard cash that one receives): quaestus (the gain which accrues from a speculation, from capital, etc.). Professional income, muneris commoda, plur.: he has a fair, a considerable income, habet unde utatur or vivat: he has a very sufficient income, *habet, unde commode vivat. Income received from anything, pecunia, quae redit ex aliqua re; or pecuniae, quas facio ex aliqua re (e.g., from mines, ex metallis); fructus alicujus rei or quem aliqua res reddit (e.g., fructus praediorum or quem praedia reddunt). To derive an income from any source, pecunias facere or capere ex aliqua re: to afford income, in reditu esse: to be a steady source of income; to afford so much income every year, reditum statum praestare (Plin., Ep., 3, 19, 5): after all expenses are paid, I shall have a small surplus from my little income, ex meo tenui vectigali, detractis sumtibus, aliquid tamen redundabit: 1 am hoarding up all my income, for the purchase of, etc., omnes meas vindemiolas eo reservo, ut... (parem, etc., Cic.).