What does EARN mean?
Definitions for EARN
ɜrnearn
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Princeton's WordNet
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"
earn, garnerverb
acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions
Wiktionary
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.
earnverb
To receive payment for work.
Now that you are earning, you can start paying me rent.
earnverb
To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward
My CD earns me six percent!
earnverb
To be worthy of.
To earn a spot in the top 20
Etymology: Old English earnian
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Earnverb
Etymology: earnian, Saxon.
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.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.
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earn
To earn is to receive payment, goods, or a particular status in return for work or services provided. It can also refer to the act of acquiring something through effort or merit.
Webster Dictionary
Earnnoun
see Ern, n
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)
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
Earn
to grieve
Earnverb
to long; to yearn
Earnverb
to curdle, as milk
Etymology: [See 4th Yearn.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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.]
Earn
ėrn, v.i. to yearn. [A variant of yearn.]
Editors Contribution
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
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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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'EARN' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4803
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'EARN' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2773
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'EARN' in Verbs Frequency: #382
Anagrams for EARN »
rane
arne
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of EARN in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of EARN in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of EARN in a Sentence
The elimination of that earn out means the European banks can switch away from Visa Europe sooner than they would have previously.
You don’t have to announce, ‘you’re coming,’ just come. You don’t have to announce, ‘I’m next,’ just be next. You don’t have to scream, ‘give me my respect…’ you have to earn that.
The only way I've ever run is as an underdog, we're working hard to earn the votes of every man and woman here in Iowa.
You have to earn that slot to jump into the stadium.
Overall it was a pretty clean performance, it's difficult to come out against a player like Maria Sharapova. Maria Sharapova's an incredible champion, Maria Sharapova knows how to fight and Maria Sharapova makes you earn every single point.
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Translations for EARN
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- كسب, استحقArabic
- печеля, заслужавам, заработвамBulgarian
- cobrar, guanyarCatalan, Valencian
- vydělat, vydělávatCzech
- verdienenGerman
- merecer, ganar, granjearSpanish
- gagner, mériterFrench
- cosainIrish
- coisinnScottish Gaelic
- कमानाHindi
- աշխատելArmenian
- guadagnareItalian
- 稼ぐ, 得る, 値するJapanese
- 벌다Korean
- zarabiać, zarobić, zasłużyćPolish
- merecer, ganharPortuguese
- зарабатывать, заслужить, заработать, заслуживатьRussian
- சம்பாதிTamil
- సంపాదించుTelugu
- کماناUrdu
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