Antonyms for earning
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : urn |
| Phonetic Transcription : Éœrn |
Definition of earning
Origin :- Old English earnian "deserve, earn, merit, win, get a reward for labor," from Proto-Germanic *aznojan (cf. Old Frisian esna "reward, pay"), from *azna "labor" especially "field labor" (cf. Old Norse önn "work in the field"), from PIE *aznon "to do harvest work, serve" (cf. Old High German arnon "to reap"), denominative verb from *es-en- "harvest, fall" (cf. Old High German aren "harvest, crop," German Ernte "harvest," Old English ern "harvest," Gothic asans "harvest, summer," Old Church Slavonic jeseni, Russian osen, Old Prussian assanis "autumn").
- Also from the same root are Gothic asneis, Old High German esni "hired laborer, day laborer," Old English esne "serf, laborer, man." Related: Earned; earning.
- verb make money
- verb deserve a reward
- In this way he would be earning something, and it would be better than being idle.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Only three of them she knew made any pretence of earning their living.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- As to "earning her living," I am not sure but she was learning to do it in several ways.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- I am earning my bread in the way I desire—I am independent—I want them not.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- To hear her speak of "earning one's living" was too much for him.
- Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
- I leave you to judge what a damp way of earning a living mine is.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
- Well, I don't like to feel that my salary's going on with me not earning it.
- Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
- It was terrible work, like earning a living with the sweat of the brow.
- Extract from : « Four Girls and a Compact » by Annie Hamilton Donnell
- For when would I be earning enough to ask any girl to marry me?
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- Another year, and he ought to be earning enough to justify him in marrying.
- Extract from : « People of Position » by Stanley Portal Hyatt
Synonyms for earning
- acquire
- attain
- bag
- be entitled to
- be gainfully employed
- be in line for
- be worthy of
- bring home
- bring home the bacon
- bring home the groceries
- bring in
- clean up
- clear
- collect
- come by
- consummate
- cop
- derive
- draw
- effect
- gain
- gather
- get
- gross
- harvest
- hustle
- make
- make fast buck
- make it big
- merit
- net
- obtain
- pay one's dues
- perform
- pick up
- procure
- profit
- pull
- pull down
- rate
- realize
- reap
- receive
- scare up
- score
- scrape together
- secure
- snag
- sock
- turn
- warrant
- win
- wrangle
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