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Dictionary > Definition: earnings

Definition of earnings
  1. the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
  2. something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings"
Similar Words: net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, wage, pay, remuneration, salary

Hyponyms: earning per share, windfall profit, killing, cleanup, fast buck, quick buck, gross profit, gross profit margin, margin, markup, accumulation, dividend, combat pay, double time, found, half-pay, living wage, merit pay, minimum wage, pay envelope, pay packet, sick pay, strike pay, take-home pay

Part Meronyms: payroll, paysheet

Derivational Morphology: profit, turn a profit, net, clear, compensate, recompense, remunerate, earn, garner, yield, pay, bear, pay up, ante up, pay off, make up

Anagrams: gesneria, reassign


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