earn

Meaning

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.

gain

make money

make a profit

yield

profit from

take home

yield profit

earn one’s livelihood

usually in the

business transaction

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɜːn/

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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