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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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]
2: 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]

Merriam Webster's

noun plural Date: 1594 1. something (as wages) earned 2. the balance of revenue after deduction of costs and expenses

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n.pl. money earned. Phrases and idioms: earnings-related (of benefit, a pension, etc.) calculated on the basis of past or present income.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Earning Earn"ing, n.; pl. Earnings. That which is earned; wages gained by work or services; money earned; -- used commonly in the plural. As to the common people, their stock is in their persons and in their earnings. --Burke.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Your earnings are the sums of money that you earn by working. Average weekly earnings rose by 1.5% in July... = pay, income N-PLURAL

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. pl. Income, proceeds, profits. See wages.

Moby Thesaurus

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