'EARN' definitions:
Definition of 'earn'
From: WordNet
verb
Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month" [syn: gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in]
verb
Acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions [syn: earn, garner]
Definition of 'Earn'
From: GCIDE
- Earn \Earn\ ([~e]rn), v. t. & i. [See 1st Yearn.] To grieve. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Earn'
From: GCIDE
- Earn \Earn\, v. i. [See 4th Yearn.] To long; to yearn. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- And ever as he rode, his heart did earn To prove his puissance in battle brave. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Earn'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Earn'
From: GCIDE
- Earn \Earn\ ([~e]rn), n. (Zo["o]l.) See Ern, n. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Earn'
From: GCIDE
- Earn \Earn\ ([~e]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Earned ([~e]rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Earning.] [AS. earnian; akin to OHG. arn[=o]n to reap, aran harvest, G. ernte, Goth. asans harvest, asneis hireling, AS. esne; cf. Icel. ["o]nn working season, work.]
- 1. To merit or deserve, as by labor or service; to do that which entitles one to (a reward, whether the reward is received or not). [1913 Webster]
- The high repute Which he through hazard huge must earn. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To acquire by labor, service, or performance; to deserve and receive as compensation or wages; as, to earn a good living; to earn honors or laurels. [1913 Webster]
- I earn that [what] I eat. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The bread I have earned by the hazard of my life or the sweat of my brow. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- Earned run (Baseball), a run which is made without the assistance of errors on the opposing side.
- Syn: See Obtain. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'earn'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acquire,
- attain,
- bag,
- be deserving,
- be entitled to,
- be paid,
- be remunerated,
- be salaried,
- be seized of,
- be worthy of,
- bring in,
- capture,
- catch,
- clear,
- collect,
- come by,
- come in for,
- come into,
- contract,
- corral,
- derive,
- deserve,
- drag down,
- draw,
- draw down,
- draw wages,
- effect,
- enter into possession,
- gain,
- get,
- get an income,
- gross,
- harvest,
- knock down,
- make,
- merit,
- net,
- obtain,
- pocket,
- procure,
- pull down,
- rate,
- realize,
- reap,
- receive,
- sack,
- score,
- secure,
- take,
- warrant,
- win,
- work for wages
Acronyms for 'EARN'
From: V.E.R.A.
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