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

Words nearby earnings

earned run average, earned surplus, earner, earnest, earnest money, earnings, earnings per share, earnings related supplement, earom, earp, earp, wyatt
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Words related to earnings

salary, return, revenue, profit, pay, gain, income, proceeds, balance, reward, lucre, stipend, groceries, emolument, gate, net, receipts, salt, wages, payoff

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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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