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earn¹ Audio Help (ûrn) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. earned, earn·ing, earns

To gain especially for the performance of service, labor, or work: earned money by mowing lawns.
To acquire or deserve as a result of effort or action: She earned a reputation as a hard worker.
To yield as return or profit: a savings account that earns interest on deposited funds.

[Middle English ernen, from Old English earnian.]

earn'er n.

Synonyms: These verbs mean to gain as a result of one's behavior or effort: earns a large salary; deserves our congratulations; a suggestion that merits consideration; an event that rates a mention in the news; a candidate who won wide support.

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earn² Audio Help (ûrn) Pronunciation Key
intr.v. earned, earn·ing, earns Obsolete
To yearn.

[Middle English ernen, variant of yernen; see yearn.]

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Earning

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.

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