EARN

gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in

(verb) 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”

earn, garner, win

(verb) acquire or deserve by one’s efforts or actions; “its beauty won Paris the name ’City of Lights’”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Verb

earn (third-person singular simple present earns, present participle earning, simple past and past participle (chiefly UK) earnt or earned)

(transitive) To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.

(transitive) To receive payment for work.

(intransitive) To receive payment for work.

(transitive) To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward.

(transitive) To achieve by being worthy of.

Synonyms

• (gain through applied effort or work): deserve, merit, garner, win

• ((transitive) receive payment for work)

• ((intransitive) receive payment for work)

• (cause someone to receive payment or reward): yield, make, generate, render

Etymology 2

Verb

earn (third-person singular simple present earns, present participle earning, simple past and past participle earned)

(UK, dialect, dated) To curdle, as milk.

Etymology 3

Verb

earn (third-person singular simple present earns, present participle earning, simple past and past participle earned)

(obsolete) To long; to yearn.

(obsolete) To grieve.

Etymology 4

Noun

earn (plural earns)

Alternative form of erne

Anagrams

• Arne, Near, Nera, eRNA, erna, nare, near, rean

Proper noun

EARN

Initialism of European Academic and Research Network: a former computer network connecting universities and research institutions across Europe.

Anagrams

• Arne, Near, Nera, eRNA, erna, nare, near, rean

Proper noun

Earn

A river in Scotland which flows into the tidal River Tay.

Anagrams

• Arne, Near, Nera, eRNA, erna, nare, near, rean

Source: Wiktionary


Earn, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: See Ern, n. Sir W. Scott.

Earn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Earned; p. pr. & vb. n. Earning.] Etym: [AS. earnian; akin to OHG. arn to reap, aran harvest, G. ernte, Goth. asans harvest, asneis hireling, AS. esne; cf. Icel. önn 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. Etym: [See 1st Yearn.]

Definition: To grieve. [Obs.]

Earn, v. i. Etym: [See 4th Yearn.]

Definition: 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. Etym: [AS. irnan to run. Rennet, and cf. Yearnings.]

Definition: To curdle, as milk. [Prov. Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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