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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses);
[syn: net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings]

2. something that remunerates;
- Example: "wages were paid by check"
- Example: "he wasted his pay on drink"
- Example: "they saved a quarter of all their earnings"
[syn: wage, pay, earnings, remuneration, salary]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Earning \Earn"ing\, n.; pl. Earnings.
   That which is earned; wages gained by work or services; money
   earned; -- used commonly in the plural.
   [1913 Webster]

         As to the common people, their stock is in their
         persons and in their earnings.           --Burke.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

earnings
    n 1: the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of
         time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
         [syn: net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit,
         profits, earnings]
    2: something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he
       wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their
       earnings" [syn: wage, pay, earnings, remuneration,
       salary]