'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