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# earnings

noun (earnings, plural)

«earnings» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (money) The money a person gets for working: wages or salary. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earnings/#m1)
2. (money) The profit a business makes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earnings/#m2)
3. Money you get from any work, like pocket money for chores. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earnings/#m3)

### In the lessons

In adult life and maths problems, earnings are money in: «His earnings are 20 dollars an hour; how much for 8 hours?» (multiply: 160 dollars). Business news talks of company earnings. Phrases: «weekly earnings», «total earnings», «earnings per hour», «average earnings».

### Examples

- Mum's earnings went up when she got a new job. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earnings/#x1)
- My earnings from washing cars were 15 pounds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earnings/#x2)
- If you earn 6 dollars an hour, your earnings for 5 hours are 30 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earnings/#x3)
- The company reported big earnings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earnings/#x4)
- She saved half her earnings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earnings/#x5)
- Taxes are taken from your earnings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earnings/#x6)
- They were so poor that they could save nothing at all; all their earnings went in bare food, and when that was gone there was nothing left. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earnings/#x7)

### Note

Always plural in this sense: «my earnings are», not «my earning is». Verb: earn (earned). In maths, total earnings = rate × time; earnings minus spending = savings.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «earnings» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earnings/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«earnings» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/earnings.html) on Mova free.