Usually means: Income or gain; financial return.
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  1. oncome: Merriam-Webster
  2. oncome: Collins English Dictionary
  3. oncome: Wordnik
  4. oncome: Wiktionary
  5. Oncome: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (oncome)

verb:  (intransitive, rare) To arrive; come to; come on.
noun:  Advent, arrival, approach; onset.
noun:  The commencement or initial stages of a business, especially of one which requires great exertion.
noun:  The setting about of an action; development; progress.
noun:  An attack; an attack or onset of a disease, fit, or episode.
noun:  (dialectal) A mysterious disease or ailment.
noun:  (dialectal) A heavy fall of rain or snow; cloudburst.
noun:  (of a chimney) The lower edge of a fire-clay lining piece.

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