Hypertext Webster Gateway: "earnings"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Earning \Earn"ing\, n.; pl. {Earnings}.
That which is earned; wages gained by work or services; money
earned; -- used commonly in the plural.
As to the common people, their stock is in their
persons and in their earnings. --Burke.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
earnings
n 1: the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of
time (including depreciation and other non-cash
expenses) [syn: {net income}, {net}, {net profit}, {lucre},
{profit}, {profits}]
2: something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he
wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all
their earnings" [syn: {wage}, {pay}, {remuneration}, {salary}]
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