earnings — money that you receive as payment for work or profit from investments
Part of speech: NOUN
Definition: money that you receive as payment for work or profit from investments
Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈɜːrnɪŋz/
Example Sentences
- His earnings from selling homemade cookies could buy a small country.
- The company's quarterly earnings exceeded expectations.
- She invested all her earnings in a time machine, but it only went backwards.
earnings
NOUN[/ˈɜːrnɪŋz/]
money that you receive as payment for work or profit from investments
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🎤Pronunciation
🌳Etymology
Origin
Derived from Old English 'earnian', meaning 'to work for, obtain through labour, or harvest'. Originally used in agricultural contexts to describe the gathering of crops, the term evolved to denote the modern sense of acquiring money or income through work.
Breakdown
earn (to gain through labour or work) + -ing (gerund/present participle suffix forming a noun) + -s (plural marker), literally 'acts or instances of earning'.
🎵Rhyme
🔗Collocations
📝Examples
“His earnings from selling homemade cookies could buy a small country.”
“The company's quarterly earnings exceeded expectations.”
“She invested all her earnings in a time machine, but it only went backwards.”
“My part-time job earnings help cover my college expenses.”
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