earnings

[ ur-ningz ]
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noun
  1. money earned; wages; profits.

Origin of earnings

1
before 1050; Middle English erning,Old English earning, earnung merit, pay. See earn1, -ing1, -s3

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British Dictionary definitions for earnings

earnings

/ (ˈɜːnɪŋz) /


pl n
  1. money or other payment earned

  2. the profits of an enterprise

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