earned income


noun
  1. income from wages, salaries, fees, or the like, accruing from labor or services performed by the earner.

Origin of earned income

1
First recorded in 1880–85

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British Dictionary definitions for earned income

earned income

noun
  1. income derived from paid employment and comprising mainly wages and salaries

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