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Definition of earnings



Overview of noun earnings

The noun earnings has 2 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (4) net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings

(the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses))

2. (2) wage, pay, earnings, remuneration, salary

(something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings")