earnings

earnings: noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ high, record, strong

▪ low, meagre/meager

▪ average

▪ annual, hourly, quarterly, weekly

▪ first-quarter, second-quarter, etc.

▪ expected, future, projected

▪ the company's projected earnings for the next twelve months

▪ reported

▪ total

▪ average

▪ gross, pre-tax, taxable

▪ after-tax, net

▪ Her net earnings last year were $15 000.

▪ real

▪ Blue-collar workers saw their real earnings diminish.

▪ export, investment

▪ company, corporate

▪ career, lifetime

▪ Her win in Australia has taken her career earnings through the million-dollar barrier.

▪ lost (law)

▪ damages awarded for lost earnings

▪ immoral (= by working as a prostitute) (BrE, law)

▪ He was jailed for six months in June for living off immoral earnings.

… OF EARNINGS

▪ level

▪ Levels of earnings are still rising.

VERB + EARNINGS

▪ have

▪ People with a university education tend to have higher earnings.

▪ generate

▪ earnings generated by investing your income

▪ calculate, estimate

▪ declare

▪ You must declare all earnings to authorities.

▪ tax

▪ boost, increase, lift (esp. AmE), push (esp. AmE), raise

▪ The show has pushed her earnings past $2 million a year.

▪ announce, post, report (all business)

▪ The company reported earnings of $2.9 million.

EARNINGS + NOUN

▪ estimate, forecast, projection

▪ his 2008 earnings estimate of 73 cents a share

▪ target

▪ announcement

▪ the second-quarter earnings announcement

▪ growth

▪ shortfall

▪ An earnings shortfall might point to problems with our forecasting abilities.

PREPOSITION

▪ earnings from

▪ Chile's earnings from exports rose by 2%.

▪ earnings of

▪ annual earnings of £20 000

PHRASES

▪ ten times, twenty times, etc. earnings

▪ The stock trades at about 40 times earnings.

▪ growth in earnings

▪ the growth in average earnings over the last ten years

▪ loss of earnings

▪ She is also claiming compensation for loss of earnings.

▪ revenue and earnings, revenues and earnings

▪ long-term increases in corporate revenues and earnings

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Synonyms:

Income, proceeds, profits

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earnings — earn·ings n pl 1: something (as wages or dividends) earned as compensation for labor or the use of capital 2: the balance of revenue for a specified period that remains after deducting related costs and expenses incurred compare profit Merriam… … Law dictionary
earnings — (n.) amount of money one makes (from labor or investment), 1732, from plural of verbal noun earning (O.E. earnung fact of deserving; what one deserves; see EARN (Cf. earn)) … Etymology dictionary
earnings — [n] money for work performed balance, bottom line*, emolument, gain, gate, groceries*, income, in the black*, lucre, net, pay, payoff, piece of the pie*, proceeds, profit, receipts, remuneration, return, revenue, reward, salary, salt*, stipend,… … New thesaurus
earnings — ► PLURAL NOUN ▪ money or income earned … English terms dictionary
earnings — [ʉrn′iŋz] pl.n. 1. wages, salary, or other recompense earned by working 2. money made by an investment or an enterprise; profits … English World dictionary
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Earnings — Net income for the company during the period. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * earnings earn‧ings [ˈɜːnɪŋz ǁ ˈɜːr ] noun [plural] 1. FINANCE the money that a person receives for the work they do in a particular period of time: • He… … Financial and business terms
earnings — Income. That which is earned; i.e., money earned from performance of labor, services, sale of goods, etc. Revenue earned by an individual or business. Earnings generally include but are not limited to: salaries and wages, interest and dividends,… … Black's law dictionary
earnings — Income. That which is earned; i.e., money earned from performance of labor, services, sale of goods, etc. Revenue earned by an individual or business. Earnings generally include but are not limited to: salaries and wages, interest and dividends,… … Black's law dictionary
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