Crossword clues for earning
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Earn \Earn\ ([~e]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Earned ([~e]rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Earning.] [AS. earnian; akin to OHG. arn[=o]n to reap, aran harvest, G. ernte, Goth. asans harvest, asneis hireling, AS. esne; cf. Icel. ["o]nn working season, work.]
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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).
The high repute Which he through hazard huge must earn.
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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.
I earn that [what] I eat.
--Shak.The bread I have earned by the hazard of my life or the sweat of my brow.
--Burke.Earned run (Baseball), a run which is made without the assistance of errors on the opposing side.
Syn: See Obtain.
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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
see earnings.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of earn English)
Wikipedia
Earning can refer to:
- Labour (economics)
- Earnings of a company
- Merit
Usage examples of "earning".
These people are incapable of working, of earning their livings, of being parents or husbands or wives.
While some may say that they were fools for not proceeding with the scheme and thereby earning themselves another two thousand talents, it appears Pharnaces and Megadates preferred the fortune they had got for doing no work at all.
She got married, and when her husband died she went to work in a hosiery mill in upstate New York to support three young children, earning 65 cents her first week.
I was to be paid by the piece and therefore, since I was so adept at that craft, I would be earning rather more than the usual starvation wage.
Tell your diggers that they will be earning first pick of the virgins inside.
I would rather see him a common soldier or sailor, or day-laborer, earning his bread by any honest toil.
He much preferred the tart-tongued, hot-eyed damsel standing before him now to the retiring, spineless maid Ariane had played for the past week and more after earning his wrath by falsely staining the bedsheets and declaring herself his wife.
Provinces of the Empire, executing the orders of the Sovereign, and earning gold and hatred from the helpless Provincials among whom their errands lay.
We give you the chance of earning the applause of a vast audience: do you so act that your Sovereign may take pleasure in multiplying his gifts.
We hope for many future opportunities of thus obeying your desires and earning your love in return.
He had already shown political savvy by helping his father restructure the tax code, earning the respect of all three fractious regions: fishing coast, farming heartland, and wild mountains.
Col began his career, earning his bed and board took a whole evening of songs, with all profits from increased business going to the innkeeper.
Purcel Archer, Purcel Trueheart was a powerfully built youth of fifteen, who had already distinguished himself in several skirmishes, earning himself the rank of lieutenant.
You could be earning as much as half a million dollars by your third year, maybe more.
Even her stepfather, who, since marrying her mother when Rachel was four, had worked his entire life at the welding job on the docks, earning barely enough to keep a roof over their heads and food on the table.