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earn::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bring in, clear, gain, make, pull in, realise, realize, take in |
| Type of | acquire, get |
| Has types | yield, bear, bring home, eke out, gross, rake off, shovel in, squeeze out, take home, turn a profit, pay, profit, rake in |
| Verb group | make, net, clear, sack, sack up |
| Derivation | earner |
She earns a lot in her new job.
Examples of earn
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Baumgartner raced through the field to earn his first World Cup win of the year.
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Now after seeing their support it helped me realize that we did earn this thing.
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He bends the front fork the first day out, and works for Len to earn its repair.
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Normally, inmates with a life sentence earn parole consideration after 25 years.
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The keepers of Europe's public toilets have earn ed a reputation for crabbiness.
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Gessler, who will earn $68,500 as secretary of state, said he needed more money.
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Harmony students regularly earn top honors at science and robotics competitions.
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Russo stands to earn a significant raise from his current pay of about $214,000.
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He wasn't certain exactly what he had done to earn the fine, but didn't mind it.
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- Gain: 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"
- Acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions
- (earned) gained or acquired; especially through merit or as a result of effort or action; "a well-earned reputation for honesty"; "earned income"; "an earned run in baseball"
- To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work; To receive payment for work; To receive payment for work; To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward
- (earned) A revenue recognition criterion that relates to completion of the revenuegenerating activity.
- The practical hold percentage.
- A disgusting concept of merit invented by hard-hearted right-wingers.
- Refers to the actual sum of money that the casinos take in as part of the revenue.
- V. to be paid in return for work done
