| earn | (verb) earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages | Synonyms: bring in, clear, gain, make, pull in, realise, realize, take in |
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| (verb) acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions | Synonyms: garner, win |
| earned | (adjective) gained or acquired; especially through merit or as a result of effort or action | - |
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| earner | (noun) someone who earn wages in return for their labor | Synonyms: wage earner |
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| earnest | (adjective) not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal | Synonyms: businesslike |
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| (adjective) characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions | Synonyms: sincere, solemn |
| (adjective) sincerely earnest | Synonyms: dear, devout, heartfelt |
| (noun) something of value given by one person to another to bind a contract | - |
| earnestly | (adverb) in a serious manner | Synonyms: in earnest, seriously |
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| earnestness | (noun) the trait of being serious | Synonyms: serious-mindedness, seriousness, sincerity |
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| (noun) an earnest and sincere feeling | Synonyms: seriousness, sincerity |
| earnings | (noun) something that remunerates | Synonyms: pay, remuneration, salary, wage |
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| (noun) the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) | Synonyms: lucre, net, net income, net profit, profit, profits |