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earn·ings
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ˈɜr
nɪŋz
/
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ur
-ningz
]
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noun
money
earned
;
wages; profits.
Origin:
before 1050;
Middle English
erning,
Old English
earning, earnung
merit, pay.
See
earn
,
-ing
1
,
-s
3
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earnings
(ˈɜːnɪŋz)
—
pl n
1.
money or other payment earned
2.
the profits of an enterprise
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earnings
amount of money one makes (from labor or investment), 1732, from plural of verbal noun earning (see
earn
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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