Meaning

3 senses
  1. (plural, plural only)Wages, money earned, income.

    Einkommen, Verdienst, Lohn

    за́работокzárabotok, дохо́дdoxód, при́быльpríbylʹ

  2. (plural, plural only)Business profits.

  3. (plural, plural only)Gains on investments; returns.

    Ertrag

More definitions
  • something that remunerates
  • the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

Examples

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  1. Corporate earnings in the first quarter improved sharply.

    ruКорпоративные доходы в первом квартале резко увеличились.

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  2. He called for a tax on earnings.

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  3. A higher minimum wage can raise earnings and reduce poverty.

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  4. How bad do you think third quarter earnings will be?

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  5. I lack the funds for a holiday due to my earnings.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
wages, money earned, income:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
wages, money earned, income:
gains on investments, returns:

Origin

From earning + -s.

From earning + -s.

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Forms

plural: earningses
Singularearnings
Pluralearningses

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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