Dictionary Definition
earn
Verb
1 earn on some commercial or business
transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month
in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger
brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month" [syn:
gain, take in, clear, make, realize, realise, pull in, bring in]
2 acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions
[syn: garner]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
Old English earnianVerb
; "earnt" is incorrectSynonyms
Translations
gain through applied effort or work
transitive: receive (money) for working
deserve
- German: verdienen
intransitive: receive money for working
- Czech: vydělávat
Translations to be checked
Old English
Etymology
From Germanic *arn-, from Indo-European *er-, *or-, eagle, large bird. Cognate with Old Saxon arn (Dutch arend), Old High German aro (German Aar), Old Norse ǫrn (Swedish örn, Danish ørn), Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐌰; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Greek ὄρνις, Armenian oror, gull, Old Irish irar (Irish iolar), Lithuanian erēlis, eagle, Old Church Slavonic orlьlъ (Russian орёл, eagle)Pronunciation
- IPA: /æarn/
Noun
earn, -es mWest Frisian
Extensive Definition
Earning can refer to:
- Labour (economics)
- Earnings of a company
- Merit
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
acquire, attain, bag, be deserving, be entitled to,
be paid, be remunerated, be salaried, be seized of, be worthy of,
bring in, capture,
catch, clear, collect, come by, come in for,
come into, contract,
corral, derive, deserve, drag down, draw, draw down, draw wages,
effect, enter into
possession, gain, get, get an income, gross, harvest, knock down, make, merit, net, obtain, pocket, procure, pull down, rate, realize, reap, receive, sack, score, secure, take, warrant, win, work for
wages