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All earnings synonyms

earn·ings
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noun earnings

  • salary — a fixed compensation periodically paid to a person for regular work or services.
  • return — to go or come back, as to a former place, position, or state: to return from abroad; to return to public office; to return to work.
  • revenue — the income of a government from taxation, excise duties, customs, or other sources, appropriated to the payment of the public expenses.
  • profit — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
  • pay — to coat or cover (seams, a ship's bottom, etc.) with pitch, tar, or the like.
  • gain — to make a gain or gains in.
  • income — the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
  • bottom line — The bottom line in a decision or situation is the most important factor that you have to consider.
  • proceeds — to move or go forward or onward, especially after stopping.
  • balance — If you balance something somewhere, or if it balances there, it remains steady and does not fall.
  • reward — a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc.
  • lucre — monetary reward or gain; money.
  • stipend — a periodic payment, especially a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student.
  • groceries — Also called grocery store. a grocer's store.
  • gate — Archaic. a path; way.
  • net — net income, profit, or the like.
  • receipts — a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
  • salt — See under Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.
  • wages — Often, wages. money that is paid or received for work or services, as by the hour, day, or week. Compare living wage, minimum wage.
  • payoff — the payment of a salary, debt, wager, etc.
  • remuneration — the act of remunerating.
  • in the black — lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
  • take-home pay — the amount of salary remaining after deductions, as of taxes, have been made.
  • paycheck — a bank check given as salary or wages.
  • pay envelope — an envelope containing a paycheck or wages.
  • dividend — Mathematics. a number that is to be divided by a divisor.
  • interest — the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something: She has a great interest in the poetry of Donne.
  • yield — to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.
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