earn

Significado

Verb

1. To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
2. 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).
3. To receive payment for work.
4. To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward.
5. To achieve by being worthy of.

Noun

Alternative form of erne

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɜːn/

Etimoloxía

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”).