re-earn

present singular third person re-earns · participle present re-earning · participle past re-earned · past re-earned · participle past re-earnt · past re-earnt · alternative reearn

1. To earn back something one has lost.

   Trust can be re-earnt just as it can be destroyed.

   2018, Ruth Danes, The Heiress to the Fairy Tales (Life on Another Island; 3), Rogue Phoenix Press, →ISBN

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   What's the point in telling somebody that they now have a chance to go for a huge bonus when by scrolling the message slowly across the display the ball is already lost - meaning the bonus has to be re-earnt?

   1992 November, Simon Byron, “Pinball Fantasies”, in The One, page 54

   It is the narcotic of the football itself that draws people in, makes them travel miles from home on wet nights, part with money that will have to be re-earnt at the workplace the next day.

   1998 September 10, Paul Hayward, “Whistle blows on the past as United go fast forward”, in The Daily Telegraph, number 44,550, page 42

   Your culture used to know its job; now you're changing that job, and it has to relearn then re-earn its competence.

   2015, Stan Slap, Under the Hood: Fire Up and Fine-Tune Your Employee Culture, →ISBN

2. To repeat the process of earning; to renew one's status as deserving.

   To do this, we understood that we had to earn and re-earn our hospitality reputation every day, one customer at a time, 50 million times a day.

   2013, Monique Reece, Michael Tasner, Tony Davila, How to Innovate in Marketing, →ISBN

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   The humble brand understands that it needs to re-earn attention, re-earn loyalty, and reconnect with its audience as if every day is the first day.

   2013, Seth Godin, Whatcha Gonna Do With That Duck?: And Other Provocations, 2006-2012, →ISBN

   After his family moved to Australia five years ago, and he re-earnt his black belt in the Australian system, Teo began competing in local and state competitions, quickly getting strong results.

   2017 September 12, Ewen McRae, “Spanish trip a kick for Teo”, in Star Weekly, page 3