Definitions for earn
ɜrnearn

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring inverb

   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"

2. earn, garnerverb

   acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. earnverb

   To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.

   You can have the s'mores: you earned them, clearing the walkway of snow so well.

2. earnverb

   To receive payment for work.

   Now that you are earning, you can start paying me rent.

3. earnverb

   To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward

   My CD earns me six percent!

4. earnverb

   To be worthy of.

   To earn a spot in the top 20

5. Etymology: Old English earnian

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Earnverb

   Etymology: earnian, Saxon.

   1. To gain as the reward or wages of labour, or any performance.

   Those that have joined with their honour great perils, are less subject to envy; for men think that they earn their honours hardly. Francis Bacon, Essays.

   Winning cheap the high repute,
   Which he through hazard huge must earn. John Milton, Par. Lost.

   I to the evil turn
   My obvious breast; arming to overcome
   By suffering, and earn rest from labour won. John Milton, Pa. Lost.

   Men may discern
   From what consummate virtue I have chose
   This perfect man, by merit call’d my son,
   To earn salvation for the sons of men. Paradise Regained.

   Since they all beg, it were better for the state to keep them, even although they earned nothing. John Graunt, Bills of Mortality.

   This is the great expence of the poor, that takes up almost all their earnings. John Locke.

   The poems gained the plagiary wealth, while the author hardly earned his bread by repeating them. Alexander Pope, Ess. on Homer.

   After toiling twenty days,
   To earn a stock of pence and praise,
   Thy labour’s grown the critick’s prey. Jonathan Swift.

   2. To gain; to obtain.

   I can’t say whore;
   It does abhor me, now I speak the word:
   To do the act, that might th’ addition earn,
   Not the world’s mass of vanity could make me. William Shakespeare, Othello.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Earnnoun

   see Ern, n

2. Earnverb

   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)

3. Earnverb

   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

4. Earn

   to grieve

5. Earnverb

   to long; to yearn

6. Earnverb

   to curdle, as milk

7. Etymology: [See 4th Yearn.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Earn

   ėrn, v.t. to gain by labour: to acquire: to deserve.—n.pl. Earn′ings, what one has earned: money saved. [A.S. earnian, to earn; cog. with Old High Ger. aran, to reap; Ger. ernte, harvest.]

2. Earn

   ėrn, v.i. to yearn. [A variant of yearn.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. earn

   To receive money or currency for providing commodities, goods, products or services.

   We do earn a just sufficient income and are very grateful for it.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 4, 2020  

2. ---

   earn

   To receive money or currency for work, employment or self-employment.

   They did earn a just sufficient income that gave the ability to create together a simple yet joyful and unifying wedding day with all those they love.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 7, 2020  

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1. EARN

   What does EARN stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the EARN acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'earn' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4803

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'earn' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2773

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'earn' in Verbs Frequency: #382

Anagrams for earn »

1. rane

2. arne

How to pronounce earn?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say earn in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of earn in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of earn in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of earn in a Sentence

1. Mickey Mehta:

   Teachers teach, preachers preach, but masters communicate all with their being.Students qualify and earn, disciples follow and learn, but devotees simply absorb in their compassionate seeing. Be a devotee, evolve and be liberalized , get MickeyMized.

2. Frank LaRose:

   It's a bad idea to callously give away the right to vote to people that haven't earned it, i think that citizenship has value, citizenship has status. So many of our ancestors worked so hard to earn that citizenship.

3. Justin Turner:

   Its pretty obvious what everyone thinks should happen. I mean, no one in this clubhouse or in this room is asking for a trophy to be handed us, by any means. ... But at the same time, we understand how difficult it is to win a World Series. Its hard. Its really hard. And its something that you have to earn, its pretty evident to me that it wasnt earned and its not something that a banner should be hung in their stadium (or) a trophy should be put up wherever their trophies go.

4. Hans Kwon:

   It is true many of the shop owners around here saw a drop in sales but most of them are thinking 'I'd rather earn less', business is business and government is government so if you combine them together, nothing gets solved.

5. Ezra Bowen:

   If thee marries for money, thee surely will earn it.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=earn
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Earn
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=earn
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earn
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=earn