Earn

Verb

 * 1)  To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
 * You can have the s'mores: you earned them, clearing the walkway of snow so well.
 * 1)  To receive payment for work.
 * He earns seven million dollars a year as CEO.
 * My bank account is only earning one percent interest.
 * 1)  To receive payment for work.
 * Now that you are earning, you can start paying me rent.
 * 1)  To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward
 * My CD earns me six percent!
 * My CD earns me six percent!

Synonyms

 * deserve, merit, garner, win
 * yield, make, generate, render
 * yield, make, generate, render
 * yield, make, generate, render

Derived terms

 * earner


 * earnings


 * earn one's keep

Thesaurus
acquire, attain, bag, be deserving, be entitled to, be paid, be remunerated, be salaried, be seized of, be worthy of, bring in, capture, catch, clear, collect, come by, come in for, come into, contract, corral, derive, deserve, drag down, draw, draw down, draw wages, effect, enter into possession, gain, get, get an income, gross, harvest, knock down, make, merit, net, obtain, pocket, procure, pull down, rate, realize, reap, receive, sack, score, secure, take, warrant, win, work for wages

Etymology
Old English earnian

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Spanish: ganar


 * Telugu: సంపాదించు (sampaadinchu)


 * Arabic: كسب
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: заработвам
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 掙, 挣, 賺, 赚, 賺取, 赚取, 獲得, 获得
 * Czech:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hindi: कमाना


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 稼ぐ,
 * Korean: 벌다
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, заработать
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu: సంపాదించు (sampaadinchu)
 * Urdu: کمانا


 * Arabic: استحق
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * French:
 * German:


 * Japanese: 値する
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: заслуживать, заслужить
 * Spanish:, merecer


 * Bulgarian: заработвам
 * Czech: vydělávat


 * Spanish:

Anagrams

 * Arne, nare, near, Nera

Etymology
, from. Cognate with Old Saxon arn (Dutch arend), Old High German aro (German Aar), Old Norse ǫrn: (Swedish örn, Danish ørn), Gothic ; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Ancient Greek ὄρνις, Old Armenian որոր:, Old Irish irar (Irish iolar), Lithuanian erēlis, eagle, Old Church Slavonic orlьlъ (Russian орёл, eagle)

Noun

 * 1) eagle

Descendants

 * English: erne

Noun

 * 1) eagle
 * 2)  miser