Earn

[Earn]

When you earn something, you gain it as a result of your actions. You can earn your friend's gratitude by rescuing her pet kitten from a tree.

...

See Ern, n.

Verb
earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"

Verb
acquire or deserve by one''s efforts or actions


n.
See Ern, n.

v. t.
To merit or deserve, as by labor or service; to do that which entitles one to (a reward, whether the reward is received or not).

v. t.
To acquire by labor, service, or performance; to deserve and receive as compensation or wages; as, to earn a good living; to earn honors or laurels.

v. t. & i.
To grieve.

v. i.
To long; to yearn.

v. i.
To curdle, as milk.


Earn

Earn , n. (Zo'94l.) See Ern, n. Sir W. Scott.

Earn

Earn , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Earned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Earning.] [AS. earnian; akin to OHG. arnn to reap, aran harvest, G. ernte, Goth. asans harvest, asneis hireling, AS. esne; cf. Icel. '94nn working season, work.] 1. To merit or deserve, as by labor or service; to do that which entitles one to (a reward, whether the reward is received or not).
The high repute Which he through hazard huge must earn.
2. To acquire by labor, service, or performance; to deserve and receive as compensation or wages; as, to earn a good living; to earn honors or laurels.
I earn that [what] I eat.
The bread I have earned by the hazard of my life or the sweat of my brow.
Earned run (Baseball), a run which is made without the assistance of errors on the opposing side. Syn. -- See Obtain.

Earn

Earn , v. t. & i. [See 1st Yearn.] To grieve. [Obs.]

Earn

Earn, v. i. [See 4th Yearn.] To long; to yearn. [Obs.]
And ever as he rode, his heart did earn To prove his puissance in battle brave.

Earn

Earn, v. i. [AS. irnan to run. . See Rennet, and cf. Yearnings.] To curdle, as milk. [Prov. Eng.]

See Ern, n.

To merit or deserve, as by labor or service; to do that which entitles one to (a reward, whether the reward is received or not).

To grieve.

To long; to yearn.

To curdle, as milk.

...

Usage Examples

As soon as I began to earn what might be called fairly large sums, I bought a car and began to explore the country around New York.

A person like myself, born and raised in the inner city of Atlanta, Georgia, to lower-middle-class parents. But I had the opportunity to get an education, to go and earn a commission in the United States Army, to serve for 22 years, to lead men and women in combat.

I feel sorry sometimes for these sportsmen and women who put in just as much effort as the footballers. For example, athletes train at least as hard as footballers but have to be happy if they can earn enough to finance a decent education.

But whatever my failure, I have this thing to remember - that I was a pioneer in my profession, just as my grandfathers were in theirs, in that I was the first man in this section to earn his living as a writer.

But I didn't ask to have somebody nose around in my private life. I didn't even ask to be famous. All I asked was to be able to earn a living making people laugh.

I didn't want to be famous. I just wanted to earn enough money to have a nice life and enjoy acting.

But if you can create an honorable livelihood, where you take your skills and use them and you earn a living from it, it gives you a sense of freedom and allows you to balance your life the way you want.

I definitely wanted to earn my freedom. But the primary motivation wasn't making money, but making an impact.

Misspelled Form

Earn, Earn, arn, Earn, Eqarn, Ewarn, Esarn, Ezarn, Eqrn, Ewrn, Esrn, Ezrn, Eaqrn, Eawrn, Easrn, Eazrn, Eaern, Ea4rn, Ea5rn, Eatrn, Eafrn, Eaen, Ea4n, Ea5n, Eatn, Eafn, Earen, Ear4n, Ear5n, Eartn, Earfn, Earbn, Earhn, Earjn, Earmn, Ear n, Earb, Earh, Earj, Earm, Ear , Earnb, Earnh, Earnj, Earnm, Earn .

Other Usage Examples

Government is force, pure and simple. There's no way to sugar-coat that. And because government is force, it will attract the worst elements of society - people who want to use government to avoid having to earn their living and to avoid having to persuade others to accept their ideas voluntarily.

All of us should have free choice when it comes to patriotic displays... a government wisely acting within its bounds will earn loyalty and respect from its citizens. A government dare not demand the same.

Governments that use violence to stop democratic development will not earn themselves respite forever. They will pay an increasingly high price for actions which they can no longer hide from the world with ease, and will find themselves on the wrong side of history.

I got a telegraph from my mother who said that my step-father had had a heart attack, come home and earn a living. So I went back to England and the only thing I knew to earn any cash was through hairdressing.

I have no idea why I write. The old standards are: I like to express my feelings, stretch my imagination, earn money.

I know that I'm getting the real deal with my mom. I know that she's telling it like it is. She's proud of me when I've earned it and she's disappointed in me when I've earn that. She's really my spectrum on where I am as a person.

I decry the current tendency to seek patents on algorithms. There are better ways to earn a living than to prevent other people from making use of one's contributions to computer science.

Am I coasting on some early success? Yeah. It was a good lucky break for me. But I would rather earn my way back again than simply conform to what people are expecting.

From beginning to end I worried that Ang Lee wouldn't be satisfied with my work. So I worked as hard as I could to earn his trust, because you only get a chance like this once.

Comments


Browse Dictionary