'Earnings' definitions:
Definition of 'earnings'
From: WordNet
noun
The excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) [syn: net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings]
noun
Something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings" [syn: wage, pay, earnings, remuneration, salary]
Definition of 'Earnings'
From: GCIDE
- Earning \Earn"ing\, n.; pl. Earnings. That which is earned; wages gained by work or services; money earned; -- used commonly in the plural. [1913 Webster]
- As to the common people, their stock is in their persons and in their earnings. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'earnings'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accession,
- acquirement,
- acquisition,
- addition,
- attainment,
- avails,
- base pay,
- box office,
- capital gains,
- cleanup,
- clear profit,
- coming by,
- commissions,
- compensation,
- credit,
- credits,
- dismissal wage,
- disposable income,
- dividend,
- dividends,
- dragging down,
- earned income,
- emolument,
- escalator clause,
- escalator plan,
- filthy lucre,
- financial remuneration,
- gain,
- gaining,
- gains,
- gate,
- gate receipts,
- get,
- getting,
- getting hold of,
- gettings,
- gleanings,
- gross,
- gross income,
- gross profit,
- gross receipts,
- guaranteed annual wage,
- hire,
- hoard,
- income,
- intake,
- interest,
- killing,
- living wage,
- lucre,
- make,
- making,
- makings,
- minimum wage,
- moneygetting,
- moneygrubbing,
- moneymaking,
- neat profit,
- net,
- net income,
- net profit,
- net receipts,
- obtainment,
- obtention,
- output,
- paper profits,
- pay,
- pay and allowances,
- payment,
- payroll,
- pelf,
- percentage,
- perk,
- perks,
- perquisite,
- pickings,
- portal-to-portal pay,
- proceeds,
- procural,
- procurance,
- procuration,
- procurement,
- produce,
- profit,
- profits,
- purchasing power,
- rake-off,
- real wages,
- receipt,
- receipts,
- receivables,
- remuneration,
- return,
- returns,
- revenue,
- royalties,
- salary,
- securement,
- severance pay,
- sliding scale,
- stipend,
- store,
- take,
- take-home,
- take-home pay,
- take-in,
- takings,
- taxable income,
- total compensation,
- trover,
- unearned income,
- wage,
- wage control,
- wage freeze,
- wage reduction,
- wage rollback,
- wage scale,
- wages,
- wages after deductions,
- wages after taxes,
- wealth,
- winning,
- winnings,
- yield