About The Word Earn
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Earn Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Earn?
[v] earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"
[v] acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions Synonyms | Synonyms for Earn: bring in | clear | gain | garner | make | pull in | realise | realize | take in Related Terms | Find terms related to Earn: acquire | attain | bag | be deserving | be entitled to | be paid | be remunerated | be salaried | be seized of | be worthy of | bring in | capture | catch | clear | collect | come by | come in for | come into | contract | corral | derive | deserve | drag down | draw | draw down | draw wages | effect | enter into possession | gain | get | get an income | gross | harvest | knock down | make | merit | net | obtain | pocket | procure | pull down | rate | realize | reap | receive | sack | score | secure | take | warrant | win | work for wages See Also | acquire | bear | bring home | eke out | get | gross | letter | pay | profit | rake in | rake off | shovel in | squeeze out | take home | turn a profit | yield Earn In Webster's Dictionary \Earn\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
See {Ern}, n. --Sir W. Scott.
\Earn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Earned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Earning}.] [AS. earnian; akin to OHG. arn?n to reap, aran harvest, G. ernte, Goth. asans harvest, asneis hireling, AS. esne; cf. Icel. ["o]nn working season, work.] 1. To merit or deserve, as by labor or service; to do that which entitles one to (a reward, whether the reward is received or not). The high repute Which he through hazard huge must earn. --Milton. 2. To acquire by labor, service, or performance; to deserve and receive as compensation or wages; as, to earn a good living; to earn honors or laurels. I earn that [what] I eat. --Shak. The bread I have earned by the hazard of my life or the sweat of my brow. --Burke. {Earned run} (Baseball), a run which is made without the assistance of errors on the opposing side. Syn: See {Obtain}. \Earn\, v. t. & i. [See 1st {Yearn}.] To grieve. [Obs.] \Earn\, v. i. [See 4th {Yearn}.] To long; to yearn. [Obs.] And ever as he rode, his heart did earn To prove his puissance in battle brave. --Spenser. \Earn\, v. i. [AS. irnan to run. [root]11. See {Rennet}, and cf. {Yearnings}.] To curdle, as milk. [Prov. Eng.] |
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