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earnings

[ur-ningz] / ˈɜr nɪŋz /
NOUN
money for work performed
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bottom line gain income pay proceeds profit return revenue salary
STRONG
balance emolument gate groceries lucre net payoff receipts remuneration reward salt stipend takings wages
WEAK
in the black piece of the pie take-home
Antonyms
STRONGEST
debt loss payment
WEAK
bills losses payout

Example Sentences

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Plus: Tesla, IBM and Intel report earnings next week.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Let’s go one by one, starting with the earnings estimates.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

Rail accounts for over 20% of earnings, analyst Ian Munro says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

As if the Iran war weren’t enough to worry about, here comes earnings season and the insight it gives investors about economic growth.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

I ask Mr. Nielsen if I can use my own earnings to give a child a stick of penny candy now and then, and he laughs.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

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