earnings

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noun

Wages, money earned, income.

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Meanings

nounearnings pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyWages, money earned, income.
  2. pluralplural onlybusinessBusiness profits.
  3. pluralplural onlybusinessGains on investments; returns.

Synonyms & antonyms

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

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net incomenetnet profitlucreprofitprofits
Broader
income

nounsomething that remunerates

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wagepayremunerationsalary
Broader
regular payment
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lucrenetnet incomenet profitpayprofitremunerationsalarywage

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From earning + -s.

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Translations

Bulgarian доходи, приходи
  • доходи (dohodi)wages, money earned, income
  • приходи (prihodi)wages, money earned, income
  • доход (dohod)gains on investments, returns
Chinese Mandarin 收益, 收入
  • 收益 (shōuyì)wages, money earned, income
  • 收入 (shōurù)wages, money earned, income
  • 所得 (suǒdé)wages, money earned, income
Czech výdělek
  • výdělekwages, money earned, income
Danish indtjening, profit
  • indtjeningwages, money earned, income
  • profitgains on investments, returns
Finnish ansiot
  • ansiotwages, money earned, income
French revenus
  • revenuswages, money earned, income
German Einkommen, Verdienst
  • Einkommenwages, money earned, income
  • Verdienstwages, money earned, income
  • Lohnwages, money earned, income
  • Ertraggains on investments, returns
Irish saothrú
  • saothrúwages, money earned, income
Italian guadagno
  • guadagnowages, money earned, income
Japanese 収入, 稼ぎ
  • 収入 (shūnyū)wages, money earned, income
  • 稼ぎ (kasegi)wages, money earned, income
  • 所得 (shotoku)wages, money earned, income
Norwegian Bokmål inntjening
  • inntjeningwages, money earned, income
Polish zarobki, dochody
  • zarobkiwages, money earned, income
  • dochodywages, money earned, income
  • zyskiwages, money earned, income
  • dochodygains on investments, returns
  • zyskigains on investments, returns
Portuguese renda
  • rendawages, money earned, income
Russian за́работок, дохо́д
  • за́работок (zárabotok)wages, money earned, income
  • дохо́д (doxód)wages, money earned, income
  • при́быль (príbylʹ)wages, money earned, income
Scottish Gaelic cosnadh, pàigh
  • cosnadhwages, money earned, income
  • pàighwages, money earned, income
  • tuarasdalwages, money earned, income
Spanish ganancia, devengo
  • gananciawages, money earned, income
  • devengowages, money earned, income
  • cobramientowages, money earned, income
  • cobramientogains on investments, returns
  • devengogains on investments, returns
  • gananciagains on investments, returns

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

earnings. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earnings

MLA

“earnings.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earnings. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “earnings,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earnings.

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