earnings
Plural: earnings
Noun
- Money obtained for work or services; profit.
- the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
- something that remunerates
- "they saved a quarter of all their earnings"
- Wages, money earned, income.
- Business profits.
- Gains on investments; returns.
Verb
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions
Examples
- Her total EARNINGS in Words With Friends far surpassed her initial expectations.
Origin / Etymology
From earning + -s.
Synonyms
bring in, clear, earn, gain, garner, lucre, make, net, net income, net profit, pay, profit, profits, pull in, realise, realize, remuneration, salary, take in, wage
Scrabble Score: 9
earnings: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordearnings: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
earnings: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary