n.
1.personal income that you did not earn (e.g., dividends or interest or rent income)
2.(accounting) income received but not yet earned (usually considered a current liability on a company's balance sheet)
Idiom of the Day
pour oil on troubled waters
to calm down a quarrel, to say something to lessen anger and bring peace to a situation
The teachers tried to pour oil on troubled waters when they saw the fight among the students.