'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
  • Earn \Earn\, v. i. [AS. irnan to run. [root]11. See Rennet, and cf. Yearnings.] To curdle, as milk. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]

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'

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Acronyms for 'earn'

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