earnings

[ur-ningz]

noun

1. money earned; wages; profits.

earnings

/ ˈɜːnɪŋz /

plural noun

1. money or other payment earned

2. the profits of an enterprise

Word History and Origins

Origin of earnings¹

before 1050; Middle English erning, Old English earning, earnung merit, pay. See earn ¹, -ing ¹, -s ³

Example Sentences

“If a company says ‘my earnings per share was impacted by two cents in the quarter because of the shutdown,’ markets are going to look through it.”

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“If a company says ‘my earnings per share was impacted by two cents in the quarter because of the shutdown,’ markets are going to look through it.”

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“We advise to equites and bonds — assets that have earnings,” he said.

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For decades, U.S. monthly nonfarm payrolls, the unemployment rate and average hourly earnings have been the Fed’s main measures of labor-market slack, wage pressure and the risk of inflation.

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In comparison, the S&P 500’s weighted forward price/earnings ratio is 23.

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