earn
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earn/ɜːn/
▶verb
- 1 obtain (money) in return for labour or services.
■ (of capital invested) gain (money) as interest or profit.
■ (earn something out) (of an author, book, recording artist, etc.) generate sufficient income through sales to equal the amount paid in an advance or royalty.
- 2 gain (something) as the reward for hard work or merit.
– origin OE earnian, of W. Gmc origin.
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