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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Earning \Earn"ing\, n.; pl {Earnings}. That which is earned; wages gained by work or services; money earned; -- used commonly in the plural. As to the common people, their stock is in their persons and in their earnings. --Burke. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: earnings n 1: the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time [syn: {net income}, {net}, {net profit}, {lucre}, {profit}, {profits}] 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}, {remuneration}, {salary}]
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