earn
verb [I or T] /ɜːn/
/ɝːn/ Definition
A2 to receive money as payment for work that you do: I earn $80,000 a year. How much do you earn, if you don't mind me asking? You can't expect to earn a living (= be paid enough money to live on) from your painting. [+ two objects] Coffee exports earn (= give) Brazil many millions of pounds a year./Brazil earns many millions of pounds a year from coffee exports.Earning money and money earned C2 to get something that you deserve: It's been a tough six months and I feel I've earned a few weeks off. → See also well earnedGetting, receiving and acceptingCapturing or taking possession of things
(Definition of earn verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- acquire verb
- acquisition noun
- ahold adverb
- carve sth out (for yourself) phrasal verb
- check sth out phrasal verb (BORROW)
- clinch verb (WIN)
- draw verb (MONEY)
- get sth back phrasal verb
- get sth out of sth phrasal verb
- glom onto sth/sb phrasal verb
- go to sb phrasal verb
- grasp noun (HOLD)
- obtain verb (GET)
- pick sth up phrasal verb (WIN)
- pocket verb
- score verb (GET)
- secure verb (GET)
- target noun (PERSON/GROUP)
- wangle verb
- wrest verb
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