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earn

/ɝn/verb1 syllable

Earn means: earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages.

Synonyms for earn21

verb, as in earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages

gain, take in, clear, make, realize, realise, pull in, bring in, net, sack, sack up

verb, as in acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions

garner, win

also used for earn

deserve, merit, get, rake in, rake it in, yield, generate, render

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What does earn mean?2

verb

1

earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages“How much do you make a month in your new job?”

2

acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions“its beauty won Paris the name ‘City of Lights’”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with earn?11

one syllable

turnlearnburnsternfernkernchurnyearn

two syllables

returnconcerndiscern
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Earn in a sentence

  • America is a lovely place to be, if you are here to earn money.AlanF_US
  • If you want my respect, you'll have to earn it.mailohilohi
  • If you want my vote, you'll have to earn it.mailohilohi
  • If you want my support, you'll have to earn it.mailohilohi
  • Layla worked at a strip club, hoping to earn a quick buck.OsoHombre
  • Trust is very difficult to earn, but very easy to lose.sergiomelo
  • If you behave like this, you won't earn your friends' trust.astyng
  • The more you work, the more you earn.CM

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of earn

as a verb

past tense
earned
present participle
earning
third-person singular
earns
past participle
earned