earnings
pronunciation
How to pronounce earnings in British English:
UK [ˈɜːnɪŋz]
How to pronounce earnings in American English:
US [ˈɜːrnɪŋz]
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- Noun:
- the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
- something that remunerates
Word Origin
- earnings (n.)
- amount of money one makes (from labor or investment), 1732, from plural of verbal noun earning, from earn (v.). Old English had earnung in sense "fact of deserving; what one deserves; merit, reward, consideration, pay," but the modern word seems to be a new formation.
Example
- 1. Markets should also worry about earnings .
- 2. Infineon announces earnings on july 25 .
- 3. One potential roadblock is corporate earnings .
- 4. Future earnings are anyone 's guess .
- 5. Several have had to restate earnings .