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As a non-native speaker I struggle with "make". To me "make" for a side-business means "personal income" but it looks like you mean "revenue"?
Most people use "make" w/ a salary, so like "I make $80k/year" is your salary before any taxes, benefit costs, etc. It's ambiguous when it comes to a business but, on an internet forum that's fine. If you want to be specific you can use ARR and the like.
Edit: It's also totally cool to ask for a clarification, e.g. "huh do you mean total annual revenue or this is your annual salary from your business?"
If the side business makes $200k/mo, that usually means the revenue of the side business is $200k/mo.
Another non-native speaker here. I was also confused by this wording.
I'm a native speaker and it confused me to.
If I make $50k, I mean I am taking home $50k
If I've revenue of $50k, I am taking home less than $50k
> If I make $50k, I mean I am taking home $50k If I've revenue of $50k, I am taking home less than $50k
That is not normal native usage. If you make $50k, you're salaried at $50k, but you take home considerably less than that.
Another native speaker here: I think the fact that we can debate this is evidence enough that it's confusing :) Yes with salary I usually say I "make" my pre-tax income. But I don't know if that's really what "make" means per se, or if that's just a side effect of how most jobs advertise salaries in pre-tax terms. (Also I assume this usage is actually older than the income tax.) In my mind, if someone tells me they "make $X / month" from a business, it sounds to me like they're trying to draw a comparison with "making a salary of $X / year", which is a lot closer to profit than revenue.
I guess in the end, it's just uncommon to say something like "Microsoft made $X billion last year" by itself, because it's just not clear what it means. Business news articles will almost always phrase something like that as "made $X billion in profits" etc.