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How to pronounce winnings in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms profits, win
Type of financial gain
Derivation win

Examples of winnings

winnings
He has a regular job and doesn't have to rely on race winnings to pay the bills.
From the denverpost.com
Lottery winnings can help them get there, said Danish, the psychology professor.
From the us.cnn.com
He took home $226,708, pushing his winnings in live tournaments past $1 million.
From the suntimes.com
By the way, the human competitors only pledged 50% of their winnings to charity.
From the tunedin.blogs.time.com
He has committed to donating 1 percent of his final winnings to cancer research.
From the stltoday.com
People are told they must pay taxes on winnings before a check can be delivered.
From the kansas.com
Our opponents each made bogey and Coach Bryant started to total up our winnings.
From the al.com
Until then she had to give 65 percent of her winnings to the Chinese government.
From the cnn.com
He expects to meet Schmitt later this month to, hopefully, collect his winnings.
From the dailyherald.com
More examples
  • Victorious: having won; "the victorious entry"; "the winning team"
  • Succeeding with great difficulty; "winning is not everything"
  • Fetching: very attractive; capturing interest; "a fetching new hairstyle"; "something inexpressibly taking in his manner"; "a winning personality"
  • (winnings) something won (especially money)
  • (win) a victory (as in a race or other competition); "he was happy to get the win"
  • Acquire: win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance"
  • In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. It is defined as wins divided by wins plus losses. ...
  • Winning is a 1969 American motion picture starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. A number of racecar drivers and people associated with racing appear in the film, including Bobby Unser, Tony Hulman, Bobby Grim, Dan Gurney, Roger McCluskey, and Bruce Walkup.
  • "Winning" is a song by Latin rock band Santana, from their 1981 album, Zebop!. It is the sixth track on the album and was released as its third single with a promotional music video. The video shows the band performing on stage. The lead singer is Alex Ligertwood.