See Also: earn(medicine)
Earn-out(money)
Earn-out(finance)
earn(1)(dictionary)
earn(2)(dictionary)
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Earn - General(gambling)

earn (oh)



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1 ?money for work?
2 ?profit?
3 ?something deserved?
4 earn your/its keep
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[Language: Old English; Origin: earnian]
?MONEY FOR WORK?
[I and T] to receive a particular amount of money for the work that you do
::He earns nearly ¡ê20,000 a year.
::You don't earn much money being a nurse.
::He did all sorts of jobs to earn a living .
::I was the only person in the house who was earning .
::She was earning good money at the bank.
::Chris will pay - he's earning a fortune .
see usage note gain 1
?PROFIT?
[T] to make a profit from business or from putting money in a bank etc
::The movie earned ¡ê7 million on its first day.
::You could earn a higher rate of interest elsewhere.
?SOMETHING DESERVED?
[T] a) to do something or have qualities that make you deserve something
::I think you've earned a rest.
::He soon earned the respect of the players.
::He hopes to earn a place in the Olympic team.
::The company has earned a reputation for reliability.
b) if your actions or qualities earn you something, they make you deserve to have it
earn sb sth
::That performance earned her an Oscar as Best Actress.
earn your/its keep
a) to do jobs in return for being given a home and food
::We older children were expected to earn our keep.
b) to be useful enough to be worth the time or money spent
::These aircraft are still earning their keep.
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COLLOCATES for sense 1
earn money
earn a wage/salary
earn a living (=earn enough money for the things you need to live)
earn a crust British English (=earn enough money to live)
be earning BrE (=to have a job)
earn good money/earn well (=earn a lot of money)
earn a fortune (=earn an extremely large amount of money)