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earnings

[ ur-ningz ]
/ ˈɜr nɪŋz /
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noun
money earned; wages; profits.
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Origin of earnings

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
money or other payment earned
the profits of an enterprise
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