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