earn

[ɜːrn]

Definition:
1. To get money for work that you do.
2. Acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions.

Use 'earn' in a sentence:

1. He earned £ 2 000 in commission last month.
2. He doesn't earn as much as me.
3. His victory in the tournament earned him $50 000.
4. What's the good of earning all that money if you don't have time to enjoy it?
5. She could earn $200 a night, more or less.
6. She earned a living as a part-time secretary.
7. Your money would earn more in a high-interest account.
8. Companies must earn a reputation for honesty.
9. Together we earn $60,000 per year.
10. She earns something in the order of £ 80 000 a year.
11. She earned her grades through sheer hard work.
12. He was virtually driven to this, because he could not earn a living in any other way.
13. We buy everything abroad with the money earned from oil imports.
14. She worked hard to earn her music diploma.
15. If you earn more, you pay more in tax, so it's all swings and roundabouts.
16. Balances of $5,000 and above will earn 11 percent gross, 8.25 percent net.
17. Unskilled workers usually earn less money than skilled workers.
18. I make it no secret that our worst consultants earn nothing.
19. He doesn't earn as much as I do.
20. He earns about $40 000 a year.
21. You can expect to earn round about £ 40,000 a year.
22. Your education will equip you to earn a good living.
23. 'How much (money) does she earn?
24. They were earning big money.
25. Before liberation he had to pull a rickshaw to earn a little money.
26. His outstanding ability earned him a place on the team.
27. I think that's earned him very high admiration.
28. A victory in this game will earn them qualification for the World Cup.
29. Ray will earn his keep on local farms while studying.
30. There's nothing immoral about wanting to earn more money.
31. I expect it to earn its cost in less than three years.
32. He must earn an absolute fortune.
33. He earns somewhere in the region of € 50 000.
34. She earned a black mark for opposing company policy.
35. Now he can begin to earn the sort of mega-bucks he has always dreamed about.
36. He felt he no longer deserved such a high salary. He just wasn't earning his keep.
37. She must earn a fortune (= earn a lot of money) .
38. At thirty years old, he was already earning £ 40 000 a year.
39. She built it into a little business to earn pin money.
40. I need a rest. I think I've earned it, don't you?
41. What a lovely way to earn a living.
42. He's been forced into slave labour at burger bars to earn a bit of cash.
43. Players should be allowed to earn money from advertising.
44. They can't exist on the money he's earning.
45. She's having a well-earned rest this week.
46. How much do your earn a week?
47. She has earned her place in the history books.
48. You can earn serious money doing that.
49. They earn salaries out of all proportion to their ability.
50. Charlie was earning eight pounds, I was earning five.
51. It has taken years to earn their trust.
52. The most they earn in a day is fifty rubles.
53. It's about time you got a job to earn your keep.
54. I have a wife and two children and we live from hand to mouth on what I earn.
55. How much do you earn?
56. Market makers earn their livings from the spread between buying and selling prices.
57. He began to earn a living early.
58. He has never had any aspiration to earn a lot of money.
59. All the children are earning now.
60. Nowadays it is very easy to earn a living.
61. He scarcely earns enough to keep himself and his family.
62. She is reported to earn over$ 10 million a year.
63. Usually, I am sensible with money, as I have to be, given that I don't earn that much.
64. Bob's one aim in life is to earn a lot of money.
65. ' How much does she earn?
66. He could earn up to a million dollars a year in salary and emoluments from many directorships.
67. I like it here. It forces you to hustle and you can earn money.
68. Imagine earning that much money!
69. Her action earned her the enmity of two or three colleagues.
70. People who earn under a certain amount are not liable to pay tax.
71. Some of them earn below the minimum wage.
72. I need to earn a bit extra this month.
73. As a teacher, she had earned the respect of her students.
74. He earned a reputation as an expert on tax law.