earn

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
  2. verb acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions

Etymology

From Middle English ernen, from Old English earnian, from Proto-West Germanic *aʀanōn, from Proto-Germanic *azanōną. This verb is denominal from the noun *azaniz (“harvest”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

gain, take in, clear, make, realize, realise, pull in, bring in

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