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verb ADV. really ‘I feel I've really earned this, ’ she said, taking up her mug of tea. | deservedly, richly, rightly He deservedly earned the admiration of his colleagues. VERB + EARN have to, need to First you have to earn their respect. | seek to, try to
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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In addition to the idioms beginning with EARN, Also see PENNY SAVED IS A PENNY EARNED.
American Heritage Idioms
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earn
to be paid a particular amount of money for your work. Earn is more formal than get or make:
• A newly-qualified teacher can expect to earn about £20,000 a year.
get
to earn a particular amount of money every hour, week etc:
• How much do you get an hour? • She gets more than I do.
make
to earn money, especially a lot of money, or money that is not from regular employment:
• You can make a lot of money in banking. • Jo makes a bit of extra money by selling his paintings.
be on something
British English to earn a particular amount of money each year. This is the most common way of talking about someone’s salary in British English:
• How much are you on? • Some chief executives are on huge salaries.
be/get paid
to receive money for work that you do for an employer, not by working for yourself:
• Workers are paid around $500 a month. • I get paid monthly.
well-paid/badly-paid
paid a lot of money/not much money for the work that you do:
• well-paid lawyers working in the city • It was boring badly-paid work.
take home
to earn a particular amount of money after tax etc has been taken away from your pay:
• After tax and other deductions, I only take home £200 a week.
Longman-Thesaurus
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verb
be paid:
You will earn $20,000 a year.
Simple Definitions
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earn
nouns
earn money
• I’d like to earn more money than I do now.
earn a wage/salary
• You are more likely to earn a decent wage if you have a degree.
earn a living
( also earn your living ) (= earn the money you need to live )
• She started to earn a living by selling her jewellery on a market stall.
earn £30,000 a year/$200 a week/£5 an hour etc
• Newly qualified teachers earn a minimum of £24,000 a year.
earn good money
(= earn a lot of money )
• You can earn good money working in London.
earn a fortune
(= earn an extremely large amount of money )
• Footballers at the top clubs earn a fortune these days.
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