earnt

alternative earned

1. UKparticiplepastsimple past and past participle of earn

   In 2006 women in the mining sector earnt an average weekly wage of $1335.40, compared to women working in the retail trade sector, who earnt an average $726.10 per week.

   2010, Aileen Cater-Steel, Women in Engineering, Science and Technology

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   An exceptionally popular commercial writer can even become rich from royalties: immediately prior to the release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J. K. Rowling was reported by The Times to have earnt some £280 million from the sale of an estimated 200 million copies of her books worldwide combined with royalties from the films based on them [...].

   2005, Andrew Milner, Literature, Culture and Society