Earning

[EarnĀ·ing]

When you earn something, you gain it as a result of your actions. You can earn your friend's gratitude by rescuing her pet kitten from a tree.

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That which is earned; wages gained by work or services; money earned; -- used commonly in the plural.


p. pr. & vb. n.
of Earn

n.
That which is earned; wages gained by work or services; money earned; -- used commonly in the plural.


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.

That which is earned; wages gained by work or services; money earned; -- used commonly in the plural.

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Usage Examples

My dad's a bodybuilder. My whole life I've been taught to train the hard way. I believe in earning strength, not buying it. My grandfather raised me old school: In baseball, you work for whatever you get.

Education is not solely about earning a great living. It means living a great life.

No one should be denied the opportunity to get an education and increase their earning potential based solely on their inability to pay for a college education.

During the periods in my marriage when I chose to stay home with my kids rather than work as an attorney, it caused me no end of anxiety. Despite the fact that I knew I was contributing to our family by caring for our children, I still felt that my worth was less because I wasn't earning.

The confidence is really driven by the woman - whether she can have the confidence that there will be enough earning or income to finance all the domestic spending - but also by the middle-income class, which for many Asian countries has become the growth power for the economy.

There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.

There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Inequality makes everyone unhappy, the poor most of all, and that is well within the remit of the state. More money gives less extra happiness the richer we get, yet we are addicted to earning and spending more every year.

Many folks think they aren't good at earning money, when what they don't know is how to use it.

The darkest hour in any man's life is when he sits down to plan how to get money without earning it.

Only the elites despise earning money.

Whoever decides to dedicate their life to politics knows that earning money isn't the top priority.

We shall listen, not lecture learn, not threaten. We will enhance our safety by earning the respect of others and showing respect for them. In short, our foreign policy will rest on the traditional American values of restraint and empathy, not on military might.

If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming.

Without husbands, women have to focus on earning more. They work longer hours, they're willing to relocate and they're more likely to choose higher-paying fields like technology.

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