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.