earn

earn
earn
W2S2 [ə:n US ə:rn] v
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1¦(money for work)¦
2¦(profit)¦
3¦(something deserved)¦
4 earn your/its keep
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[: Old English; Origin: earnian]
1.) ¦(MONEY FOR WORK)¦ [I and T]
to receive a particular amount of money for the work that you do
▪ He earns nearly £20,000 a year.
▪ You don't earn much money being a nurse.
▪ He did all sorts of jobs to earn a living .
▪ I was the only person in the house who was earning .
▪ She was earning good money at the bank.
▪ Chris will pay - he's earning a fortune .
see usage note ↑gain1
2.) ¦(PROFIT)¦ [T]
to make a profit from business or from putting money in a bank etc
▪ The movie earned £7 million on its first day.
▪ You could earn a higher rate of interest elsewhere.
3.) ¦(SOMETHING DESERVED)¦ [T]
a) to do something or have qualities that make you deserve something
▪ I think you've earned a rest.
▪ He soon earned the respect of the players.
▪ He hopes to earn a place in the Olympic team.
▪ The company has earned a reputation for reliability.
b) if your actions or qualities earn you something, they make you deserve to have it
earn sb sth
▪ That performance earned her an Oscar as Best Actress.
4.) earn your/its keep
a) to do jobs in return for being given a home and food
▪ We older children were expected to earn our keep.
b) to be useful enough to be worth the time or money spent
▪ These aircraft are still earning their keep.
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COLLOCATES for sense 1
earn money
earn a wage/salary
earn a living (=earn enough money for the things you need to live)
earn a crust British English (=earn enough money to live)
be earning BrE (=to have a job)
earn good money/earn well (=earn a lot of money)
earn a fortune (=earn an extremely large amount of money)
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