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Earnings
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earn·ings
/
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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
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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Example sentences
She was a single mom with a successful career as a hedge-fund money manager,
her
earnings
doubling, then tripling.
Average wages and salaries grew because the
earnings
of those belonging to the
highest income categories increased rapidly.
In-the-money options-but not at-the-money options-had to be recorded as an
expense, which drove down reported
earnings
.
Instead, they fund their operations and expansions out of retained
earnings
or
in the bond and commercial-paper markets.
The policy changes are especially aimed at dampening inflation and boosting production and export
earnings
.
Feeding the array is not synonymous with net retained
earnings
.
He orders them to divulge the amount of their weekly
earnings
and then to demonstrate talents equal to such enormous salaries.
Espial investigations merely leads to more paperwork, tying up lobbying rack
earnings
.
How resilient those positions are is now being tested, as plunging commodity prices sap export
earnings
and capital flows dry up.
Cost reduction has been over emphasized as a way to improve
earnings
.
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