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| 1. | to gain or get in return for one's labor or service: to earn one's living. |
| 2. | to merit as compensation, as for service; deserve: to receive more than one has earned. |
| 3. | to acquire through merit: to earn a reputation for honesty. |
| 4. | to gain as due return or profit: Savings accounts earn interest. |
| 5. | to bring about or cause deservedly: His fair dealing earned our confidence. |
| 6. | to gain income: securities that earn on a quarterly basis. |
[Origin: bef. 900; ME ern(i)en, OE earnian; akin to OHG arnén to earn, harvest
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earner, noun
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| Main Entry: | earn | |
| Part of Speech: | verb | |
| Definition: | To receive, as wages, for one's labor. | |
| Synonyms: | gain, get, make, win | |
| Idioms: | earn one's keep | |
| Source: | Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. | |
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| Main Entry: | earn | |
| Part of Speech: | verb | |
| Definition: | To acquire as a result of one's behavior or effort. | |
| Synonyms: | deserve, gain, get, merit, win | |
| Source: | Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. | |
| Synonym Collection v1.1 | Cite This Source | |
| Main Entry: | earn | |
| Part of Speech: | verb | |
| Synonyms: | achieve, acquire, attain, clear, collect, deserve, gain, get, gross, make, merit, net, obtain, procure, profit, realize, reap, win | |
| Source: | Synonym Collection v1.1 Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. | |
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Encyclopedia Articles (17 more entries. View all »)
| Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia | Cite This Source |
Earn, Loch, lake, 7 mi (11.2 km) long and 1 mi (1.6 km) wide, Perth and Kinross and Stirling, central Scotland. Ardvorlich House, on its shore, is the Darlinvarach of Sir Walter Scott's Legend of Montrose. Earn River (46 mi/74 km long), the lake's outlet, flows eastward through Strathearn past Comrie, Crieff, and Bridge of Earn into the Firth of Tay.
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