Earn

Definition: Earn

Earn

Verb

1. 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".

2. Acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions.

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Date "earn" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

Computing

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EARN

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Synonyms: Earn

Acquisition

Verb: acquire, get, gain, win, earn, obtain, procure, gather; collect; (assemble); pick, pickup; glean.

Disrepute

Verb: be inglorious; Adjective: incur disgrace; Noun: have a bad name, earn a bad name; put a halter round one's neck, wear a halter round one's neck; disgrace oneself, expose oneself.

Crosswords: Earn

Frisian (eagle, miser, niggard, skinflint).

James, earn thisearn it. (Saving Private Ryan; writing credit: Robert Rodat)

If he could learn to love another and earn their love in return by the time the last petal fell, the spell would be broken (Beauty and the Beast; writing credit: Roger Allers; Kelly Asbury)

A man has to do something these days to earn a living (The Outlaw Josey Wales; writing credit: Forrest Carter; Sonia Chernus)

I've been trying to run up your credit card bill to earn you enough Fly-Buys to get you a free mystery flight for your honeymoon (Kath & Kim; writing credit: Gina Riley; Jane Turner)

He was a very stupid man. A patriot, of course very brave During a war, such men earn medals, win victories we are proud of them (Billion Dollar Brain; writing credit: Len Deighton; John McGrath)

About a workin' all summer just to try to earn a dollar ("Summertime Blues"; performing artist: Eddie Cochran)

He said you better earn your pay (Rock the Casbah; performing artist: The Clash)

They killed to earn their living and to help out the Congolese (Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner; performing artist: Warren Zevon; writing credit: Warren Zevon & David Lindell c. 1976 Zevon Music, BMI)

Rich earn; smart learn. (references; author: unknown)

Earn Your Vacation (1954)

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Books

• Complete Book of Distance Learning Schools: Everything You Need to Earn Your Degree Without Leaving Home (reference)

• Customer Loyalty: How to Earn It, How to Keep It (Jossey-Bass Business & Management Series) (reference)

• How to Earn More Than $30,000 a Year With Your Home Computer: Over 160 Income-Producing Projects (reference)

• How to Earn Up to $100,000 a Year or More from Home by Mail: The Complete Guide to Starting Your Own Home-Based Mail Order Business (reference)

• The Entrepreneurial Parent: How to Earn Your Living and Still Enjoy Your Family, Your Work and Your Life (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• How To Be The Perfect Waiter or Waitress...and earn great tips! (reference)

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Music

• 1962-68-You've Got to Earn It (reference)

• Hard to Earn (reference)

• Pay as You Earn (reference)

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Trees and grass established as part of a riparian buffer in Story County, Iowa. The Iowa State University AgroEcology team has helped landowners along this stream, Bear Creek, establish miles of buffers and earn the stream recognition as a national demons. Credit: Lynn Betts.

I am going to let the world know that your wife has to get out and earn her own living. Credit: Library of Congress.

Potato workers earn three cents per bushel gathering and sacking potatoes, near East Grand Forks, Minnesota. Credit: Library of Congress.

Production. Jeep engines. Pistons for jeep engines must undergo rigid inspection in a Midwest plant before they earn places in the power plants of the Army's tough little cars-of-all-work. Continental Motors, Michigan. Credit: Library of Congress.

Say! Young fellow, do you want to be a mechanic? The Motor Transport Corps will train you Earn while you learn / / George Carlson. Credit: Library of Congress.

The Field artillery. United States Army. Travel, earn, learn ... adventure and action. Credit: Library of Congress.

Life in the U.S. Navy Secretary Daniels says, "No man who has served in the Navy leaves the service without being far better equipped to earn his living than he was before he enlisted" / / Herbert Meyer. Credit: Library of Congress.

Earn while you learn Wanted machinists [...]. Credit: Library of Congress.

America's success in war and industry depends on the co-operation of those who hire, earn or spend / PR. Credit: Library of Congress.

Learn and earn There's a trade and an education for young men in the Ordnance Department U-S-A / / Falls ; Engineer Reproduction Plant, U.S. Army, Washington Barracks, D.C. Credit: Library of Congress.

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If she were older, she could earn her living, but she cannot at such an age.

It is not necessary that a man should earn his living by the sweat of his brow, unless he sweats easier than I do.

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Health

Contingency management therapy uses a voucher-based system, where patients earn "points" based on negative drug tests, which they can exchange for items that encourage healthful living. (references)

It destroys their ability to earn a living, causes frequent use of the health care system, and disrupts the lives of the victims' family members for as long as 20 years before death occurs. (references)

Business

Around 17.3 million people earn some type of income. (references)

The constructor and operator expects to recover the investment and earn a profit during the operations phase, after which the project is turned back to the Chinese. (references)

Of this group, 48.5 percent earn less than $400 a month, 37 percent earn between $400 and $900 and the rest, i.e. 14.5 percent, earn more than $900, with an average wage of $1,700 per month. (references)

Children

Central African Republic

Some girls enter prostitution to earn money for their families. (references)

Indonesia

Street children sell newspapers, shine shoes, help to park or watch cars, and otherwise attempt to earn money. (references)

Vietnam

There were reports that some persons addicted young girls to heroin and forced them to work as prostitutes to earn money for drugs. (references)

Civil Liberties

Guinea-Bissau

Some of the refugees earn money by selling handicrafts or through working in trades. (references)

Bangladesh

As a result of widespread violence and campus closures, it takes nearly 6 years to earn a 4-year degree. (references)

Germany

The law also decreased the period of residence legal foreign residents must spend in the country in order to earn the right to naturalize from 15 to 8 years. (references)

Economic History

Barbados

Most employees earn more. (references)

Bangladesh

Most Bangladeshis earn their living from agriculture. (references)

India

They may earn a one-time reward for people they help recruit. (references)

Human Rights

Argentina

Police often perform official contract guard duty to earn extra money. (references)

Philippines

The killers reportedly earn from $60 to $300 (3,000 to 15,000 pesos) per victim. (references)

Hungary

Between 65 and 70 percent of prisoners earn wages while in prison, either from work performed in prison or from work-release programs. (references)

Indigenous People

El Salvador

Indigenous people reportedly earn less than other agricultural laborers. (references)

Bolivia

Some rural indigenous workers are kept in a state of virtual slavery by employers who charge them more for room and board than they earn. (references)

Venezuela

Many of the Warao nevertheless return to Caracas, citing lack of jobs and money in the delta and their ability to earn approximately $175 (130,000 bolivars) per week in handouts in Caracas. (references)

Minorities

Uruguay

The National Institute of Statistics found that blacks earn an average of 20 percent less than whites who perform the same job. (references)

Political Economy

COLOMBIA

Seventy-seven percent of Colombian workers earn less than twice the minimum wage. (references)

BRAZIL

Many workers, particularly those outside the regulated economy, earn less than the minimum wage. (references)

Trade

Burma

Burmese citizens who earn foreign currency can deposit their earnings in these banks or draw their salaries directly in FECs. (references)

Women

Slovak Republic

On average women earn 22 percent less than men. (references)

Morocco

Women who earn secondary school diplomas have equal access to university education. (references)

Worker Rights

Azerbaijan

Most workers earn more than the minimum wage. (references)

Dominican Republic

Many cane cutters earn less than $4.00 (60 pesos) per day. (references)

Philippines

The children earn far less than adults would demand for the same work. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "earn": earn a bare living ♦ earn a good salary ♦ earn a good wage ♦ earn a honest penny ♦ earn a living ♦ earn an honest living ♦ earn big money ♦ earn easily ♦ earn for ♦ earn money ♦ earn one's keep ♦ earn one's livelihood ♦ earn one's living ♦ earn one's living by ♦ pay as you earn ♦ save as you earn ♦ try to earn. Additional references.

Beginning with "earn": earn-out, earn-outs.

Ending with "earn": pay-as-you-earn.

Afrikaans

wen (gain, win), verdien (be, be worthy of, deserve, gain, merit, win), behaal (accomplish, achieve, acquire, attain, gain, get, obtain, reach, win). (various references)

Albanian

fitoj (carry off, come by, come into, command, fight down, gain, gain upon, get, get the best of, make, net, obtain, outfight, overcome, overthrow, possess, profit, pull in, realize, score, score off, take, touch, win). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كسب (acquire, acquiring, acquisition, attain, earning, gain, gaining, get, get smth. off one's hands, harvest, obtain, obtaining, prize, profit, reap, win, winning), ‏صرف (absolute, chuck, count, creak, dismiss, dismissal, double, downright, exchange, groan, pay, pay away, pure, put out, receive, resolve, scrape, shake, shrift, sterling, turn away, unadulterated, unalloyed, vent, withdraw), ‏جنى (gather, reap), ‏إستحق (claim, deserve, merit, rate, serves him right, worth, worth it), ‏إستأهل (deserve, merit, worth), ‏ربح راتب. (various references)

Aymara

jacjhataña (to earn). (various references)

Bemba

ukumwenamo (to earn). (various references)

Bulgarian 

заслужавам (deserve, merit, rate), печеля (gain, get, harvest, profit, pull down, realize, score, take in, win). (various references)

Cebuano

mokita (to earn). (various references)

Chinese 

賺得 , 賺 (cheat, make a profit, swindle), 赢得 (Earned, Earning). (various references)

Cornish

dyndyl (to earn). (various references)

Czech

zasloužit si (deserve, merit), vydìlat (gain, make, make money), vydělat si, nést (bear, carry, defray, hold, support, sustain, yield), dostávat (get, receive), brát (bite, nibble, take). (various references)

Danish

vinde (gain, win), fortjene (be worthy of, deserve, gain, merit, win). (various references)

Dutch

winnen (dig up, excavate, gain, grub, win), verdienen (be worthy of, deserve, gain, merit, win), behalen (accomplish, achieve, acquire, attain, gain, get, obtain, reach, win). (various references)

Ecuadorian Quechua

ganana (to earn). (various references)

Esperanto

perlabori, gajni (gain, win). (various references)

Faeroese

vinna (defeat, gain, win, win over). (various references)

Farsi 

کسب معاش کردن , تحصیل کردن (Achieve, Get, Procure, Study, Win), دخل کردن , درامدداشتن , بدست اوردن (Acquire, Attain, Catch, Enter, Gain, Get, Have, Impetrate, Obtain, Procure, Reap, Win). (various references)

Finnish

voittaa (be superior to, beat, defeat, derive profit, exceed, gain, gain conquer, get the better of, overcome, profit, surpass, win, win over), ansaita (be worthy of, deserve, merit). (various references)

French

gagner. (various references)

Frisian

fertsjinje (gain, win). (various references)

German

verdienen (be worthy of, deserve, earning, get, make, merit, rate, to deserve, to earn, warrant). (various references)

Greek 

κερδίζω (carry off, gain, get, outpoint, profit, profit from, scoop, win, win out). (various references)

Hawaiian

fitoj (gain, win). (various references)

Hebrew 

לזכות (acquit, attain merit, be acquitted, be righteous, gain, merit, pull off, succeed, win), להרויח (bring relief, gain, make a profit, pocket, profit), הרוויח. (various references)

Hungarian

elnyer (to attain, to carry off, to gain, to take out), pénzt keres (make money, to earn, to earn money, to earn one's bread, to make money), megérdemel (deserve, merit, to deserve, to merit). (various references)

Indonesian

patut mendapat, mendapat gaji. (various references)

Inuktitut

kiinaujaliuqluni (to earn). (various references)

Italian

guadagnare (benefit, deserve, gain, get, make, profit, rake in, win). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

生活力 (ability to earn a living, vitality), 稼ぎ取る (to earn by working), 稼ぐ　 (to earn income, to labor), 稼げる (to earn income, to work), 稼ぐ (to earn income, to labor), 日々の糧を得る (to earn one's daily bread), 取る (to choose, to earn, to harvest, to pick up, to take), 儲ける (to earn, to gain, to get, to havea child), 単位を落とす (to fail to earn a credit). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たにをおとす (to fail to earn a credit), せいかつりょく (ability to earn a living, vitality), かせぎとる (to earn by working), かせげる (to earn income, to work), かせぐ (to earn income, to labor), もうける (to create, to earn, to establish, to gain, to get, to havea child), とる (to adopt, to assume, to attend, to capture, to catch, to choose, to command, to earn, to harvest, to make, to pick, to pick up, to take). (various references)

Korean 

벌으십시요. (various references)

Macedonian

zarabotuva (to earn). (various references)

Manx

toilliu (deserve, merit; deserving), toilchin (deserve, merit, reward; deserving), cosney (acquire, acquisition, ascend, ascend hill, clear out, elude, gain, make off, preserve, score, win). (various references)

Norwegian

vinne (gain, win), oppnå (attain, gain, win). (various references)

Papiamen

gana (gain, win). (various references)

Pig Latin

earnay.(various references)

Polish

zarabiać (gain, win). (various references)

Portuguese

merecer (command, deserve, deserving, merit), ganhar (acquire, attain, carry off, gain, gammon, get, make, score, win). (various references)

Provencal

gasanhar (to earn). (various references)

Romanian

dobândi (achieve, acquire, attain, come by, come into, derive, find, gain, get, obtain, procure, secure, win), chivernisi (administer, enrich, save, settle), cîştiga (defeat, gain, win, win over), cãpãta (acquire, assume, coax, come by, come in for, come into, contract, derive, find, get, make, obtain, pick up, purchase, receive, take on), câştiga bani muncind, câştiga (acquire, bear away, bear off, carry, carry off, clean, come by, conciliate, conquer, convert, draw the winner, find, gain, gain smb. over, make, obtain, overcome, purchase, score, steal, sweep, take the cake, win), agonisi (acquire, gather). (various references)

Romansch

gudagnar (to earn). (various references)

Ruanda

gukorera (to earn). (various references)

Russian 

зарабатывать (get, make). (various references)

Samoan

e galue tupe (to earn). (various references)

Scottish

coisinn (gain, win). (various references)

Sepedi

rua (to earn). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zaraditi (make a profit, net, rake). (various references)

Shona

-sevenzera (to earn). (various references)

Spanish

ganar (beat, benefit, best, carry, carry off, deserve, draw, gain, get, get the best of, head, land, make, make money, profit, put over, reclaim, save, take, take on, throw in, walk over, win, win out, win the toss). (various references)

Sranan

wini (benefit, gain, profit, win). (various references)

Swazi

kú-hola (to earn). (various references)

Swedish

förtjäna (be worth, deserve, draw, gain, merit, profit, rate, win), tjäna (gain, make, serve). (various references)

Thai

ได้กำไร (sack up), ได้รับรายได้, ได้รับ (gain, has, have, meet with, obtain). (various references)

Turkish

para kazanmak (coin, earn money, knock up, make money, pull down), kazanmak (achieve, acquire, attain, be in pocket, bear the bell, carry away the bell, carry off, clean up, clear, come by, draw, gain, garner, gather, get, get out of, land, net, obtain, pull off, purchase, realize, reap, take, win), hak etmek (ask, be deserving of, deserve, entitle, merit, rate). (various references)

Turkmen 

eklenmek, gazanmak. (various references)

Ukrainian

скипатися (clod, clot, curd, yearn), зсідатися (clot, coagulate, congeal, curd), заслуговувати (deserve, exact, merit, need), заробляти (gain, make, win). (various references)

Welsh

ennill (acquire, attain, best, earnings, gain, profit, win). (various references)

Zulu

-wina (gain, win), -hola (gain, win). (various references)

demere, merari, mereo mereor, mererentur, mereri, meretur, merito, meritum, merui, promeretur. (various references)

geearnian. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "earn": earned, earner, earners, earnest, earnestly, earnestness, earnestnesses, earnests, earning, earnings, earns. (additional references)

Words ending with "earn": learn, mislearn, outearn, outlearn, overlearn, reearn, relearn, unlearn, yearn. (additional references)

Words containing "earn": clearness, clearnesses, dearness, dearnesses, learnable, learned, learnedly, learnedness, learnednesses, learner, learners, learning, learnings, learns, learnt, mislearned, mislearning, mislearns, mislearnt, nearness, nearnesses, nonearning, nonearnings, outearned, outearning, outearns, outlearned, outlearning, outlearns, outlearnt, overearnest, overlearned, overlearning, overlearns, reearned, reearning, reearns, relearned, relearning, relearns, relearnt, unearned, unlearnable, unlearned, unlearning, unlearns, unlearnt, yearned, yearner, yearners, yearning. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Earn" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aarn, aen, aeran, aerna, aeron, airn, arn, cearn, eadr, eain, ean, eaon, eara, eard, eare, Earen, earh, earm, earnt, earo, earp, earr, eart, earu, ecar, efan, eign, ein, Eirann, Eirinn, ekarro, elar, enan, enra, eor, eorn, eparn, Epryn, eragny, erah, eraj, eran, erane, erang, eren, Erno, erny, euan, Euryn, ewarn, exar, exrn, exrnr, Ezan, Ezard, fearn, gearn, jarn, jearn, jewarna, kearn, narn, Sarn, varn. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: near.

-1 letter: ane, are, ear, era, ern, nae, ran.

-2 letters: ae, an, ar, en, er, na, ne, re.

+1 letter: anear, anger, antre, arena, arpen, caner, crane, denar, earns, frena, learn, nacre, namer, nares, nears, ramen, rance, ranee, range, raven, redan, regna, reman, renal, reran, rewan, saner, snare, yearn.

+2 letters: airmen, aliner, almner, anears, anergy, angers, angler, answer, anther, antler, antres, arcane, ardent, arenas, argent, arisen, arpens, arpent, arseno, arsine, astern, atoner, bander, banger, banker, banner, banter, barmen, barren, borane, brazen, cancer, caners, canker, canner, canter, careen, carmen, carnet, carney, carnie, carven, casern, cavern, cedarn, centra, cornea, craned, cranes, craven, damner, dancer, dander, danger, danker, darken, darned, darnel, darner, denari, denars, denary, earing, earned, earner, enamor, endear, engram, enrage, enrapt, entera, entrap, enwrap, errand, errant, fainer, fanner, fawner, fraena, furane, gainer, gander, ganger, garden, garner, garnet, genera, german, gnawer, graben, grange, graven, hanger, hanker, harden, harken, hernia, inaner, infare, kraken, lancer, lander, lanker, lanner, larine, leaner, learns, learnt, linear, loaner, manger, manner, manure, marine, marten, meaner, merman, moaner, nabber, nacred, nacres, nagger, nailer, naiver, namers, napery, napper, narine, narked, natter, nature, nearby, neared, nearer, nearly, neater, nectar, neural, onager, orange, ornate, pander, panier, panzer, parent, pawner, planer, prance, preman, ragmen, rained, ramens, rances, ranees, ranged, ranger, ranges, ranked, ranker, rankle, ranted, ranter, rapine, rappen, ratine, ratten, ravens, ravine, reagin, reason, recane, recant, redans, reearn, regain, regina, regnal, rehang, reloan, remain, remand, remans, renail, rename, rental, repand, replan, resawn, retain, retina, sander, sanger, sarsen, senary, senora, snared, snarer, snares, sterna, tanker, tanner, tanrec, tavern, thenar, trance, trepan, unbear, unread, unreal, urbane, vainer, vanner, vernal, wander, wanier, wanner, wanter, warden, warned, warner, warren, weaner, yarned, yarner, yawner, yearns, zander, zanier.