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
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.
• (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
earn (third-person singular simple present earns, present participle earning, simple past and past participle earned)
(UK, dialect, dated) To curdle, as milk.
earn (third-person singular simple present earns, present participle earning, simple past and past participle earned)
(obsolete) To long; to yearn.
(obsolete) To grieve.
earn (plural earns)
Alternative form of erne
• Arne, Near, Nera, eRNA, erna, nare, near, rean
EARN
Initialism of European Academic and Research Network: a former computer network connecting universities and research institutions across Europe.
• Arne, Near, Nera, eRNA, erna, nare, near, rean
Earn
A river in Scotland which flows into the tidal River Tay.
• 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
12 May 2025
(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
