earn
1. earn on some commercial or business transaction;
earn as salary or wages (Freq. 19)
- 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
• Syn:
gain, take in, clear, make, realize,
realise, pull in, bring in
• Derivationally related forms:
earner, gainer (for: gain)
• Hypernyms:
get, acquire
• Hyponyms:
eke out, squeeze out, profit, turn a profit, rake off,
take home, bring home, rake in, shovel in, gross, yield,
pay, bear
• Verb Group:
net, sack, sack up, clear, make
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They earn the money
2. acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions (Freq. 15)
• Syn:
garner
• Derivationally related forms:
earnings
• Hypernyms:
get, acquire
• Hyponyms:
letter
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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