earn
Significado (English)
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- To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
- To receive payment for work or for a role or position held (regardless of whether effort was applied or whether the remuneration is deserved or commensurate).
- To receive payment for work.
- To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward.
- To achieve by being worthy of.
Conceptos
Synonyms
make money
make a profit
yield
profit from
take home
yield profit
earn one’s livelihood
usually in the
business transaction
Frecuencia
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ɜːn/
Etimología (English)
In summary
From Middle English ernen, from Old English earnian, from Proto-West Germanic *aʀanōn, from Proto-Germanic *azanōną. This verb is denominal from the noun *azaniz (“harvest”).
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