Definition of
earnings has definitions from the field of business
1
[ noun ] (business) the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

Synonyms

profit profits lucre net net_profit net_income

Used in print

(Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)

The record of past earnings and prospects for the future must indicate it has the ability to repay the loan out of current and anticipated income .

Related terms

income dividend accumulation killing gross_profit windfall_profit markup earning_per_share fast_buck share profit

2
[ noun ] (business) something that remunerates

Synonyms

wage pay salary remuneration

Examples

"wages were paid by check" "he wasted his pay on drink" "they saved a quarter of all their earnings"

Used in print

(The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)

But the one that upset the financially wise was the professional dancer who related in a book how he parlayed his earnings into a $ 2000000 profit on the stock_market .

Related terms

regular_payment sick_pay found double_time living_wage pay_envelope half-pay merit_pay take-home_pay strike_pay minimum_wage combat_pay payroll pay_up pay yield

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Rhymes with

earnings' innings workings winnings furnishings makings savings savings's savings' takings fleming's nothings nothing's doings belongings findings hastings surroundings cummings comings lodgings lashings fixings hitchings trimmings wings tidings things' feelings things wing's rings ring's thing's billings pickings writings dealings housings schillings schilling's droppings trappings stockholdings dumplings proceedings hustings spring's strings

Phonetic and Homophones

ER1 N IH0 NG Z earnings'

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