English > earn: 2 senses > verb 1, possession| Meaning | earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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| Model | They earn the money |
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| Example | "She earns a lot in her new job" |
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| Synonyms | gain, take in, clear, make, realize, realise, pull in, bring in |
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| Narrower | eke out, squeeze out | make by laborious and precarious means |
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| gross | earn before taxes, expenses, etc. |
| profit, turn a profit | make a profit |
| rake in, shovel in | earn large sums of money |
| rake off | Take money from an illegal transaction |
| take home, bring home | earn as a salary or wage |
| yield, pay, bear | bring in |
| Broader | get, acquire | Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
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| Similar to | make | act in a certain way so as to acquire |
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| net, sack, sack up, clear | make as a net profit |
| Spanish | adquirir, advertir, clarificar, cobrar, ganar, hacer |
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| Catalan | advertir, clarificar, guanyar |
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| Nouns | earner | someone who earn wages in return for their labor |
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