Earnings
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English
Noun
- (finance) Business profits.
- (finance) Gains on investments; returns.
- (labor) remuneration (pay, wages) of a worker or group of workers for services performed during a specific period of time. The term usually carries a defining word or phrase, such as straight-time average hourly earnings.
Adjectives for Earnings
scanty; exiguous; individual; fabulous; present; undistributed; sky-rocketed; hard-won; slender; stabilized.
Verbs for Earnings
attach—; bag—; bank—; collect—; curtail—; demand—; distribute—; enhance—; increase—; invest—; merit—; mortgage—; pledge—; save—; withdraw—; withhold—; —accrue; —decline; —recompense; —top.
Thesaurus
accession, acquirement, acquisition, addition, attainment, avails, base pay, box office, capital gains, cleanup, clear profit, coming by, commissions, compensation, credit, credits, dismissal wage, disposable income, dividend, dividends, dragging down, earned income, emolument, escalator clause, escalator plan, filthy lucre, financial remuneration, gain, gaining, gains, gate, gate receipts, get, getting, getting hold of, gettings, gleanings, gross, gross income, gross profit, gross receipts, guaranteed annual wage, hire, hoard, income, intake, interest, killing, living wage, lucre, make, making, makings, minimum wage, moneygetting, moneygrubbing, moneymaking, neat profit, net, net income, net profit, net receipts, obtainment, obtention, output, paper profits, pay, pay and allowances, payment, payroll, pelf, percentage, perk, perks, perquisite, pickings, portal-to-portal pay, proceeds, procural, procurance, procuration, procurement, produce, profit, profits, purchasing power, rake-off, real wages, receipt, receipts, receivables, remuneration, return, returns, revenue, royalties, salary, securement, severance pay, sliding scale, stipend, store, take, take-home, take-home pay, take-in, takings, taxable income, total compensation, trover, unearned income, wage, wage control, wage freeze, wage reduction, wage rollback, wage scale, wages, wages after deductions, wages after taxes, wealth, winning, winnings, yield
Etymology
From earn
