Antonyms for earning


Grammar : Verb
Spell : urn
Phonetic Transcription : Éœrn


Definition of earning

Origin :
  • Old English earnian "deserve, earn, merit, win, get a reward for labor," from Proto-Germanic *aznojan (cf. Old Frisian esna "reward, pay"), from *azna "labor" especially "field labor" (cf. Old Norse önn "work in the field"), from PIE *aznon "to do harvest work, serve" (cf. Old High German arnon "to reap"), denominative verb from *es-en- "harvest, fall" (cf. Old High German aren "harvest, crop," German Ernte "harvest," Old English ern "harvest," Gothic asans "harvest, summer," Old Church Slavonic jeseni, Russian osen, Old Prussian assanis "autumn").
  • Also from the same root are Gothic asneis, Old High German esni "hired laborer, day laborer," Old English esne "serf, laborer, man." Related: Earned; earning.
  • verb make money
  • verb deserve a reward
Example sentences :
  • In this way he would be earning something, and it would be better than being idle.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Only three of them she knew made any pretence of earning their living.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • As to "earning her living," I am not sure but she was learning to do it in several ways.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • I am earning my bread in the way I desire—I am independent—I want them not.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • To hear her speak of "earning one's living" was too much for him.
  • Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
  • I leave you to judge what a damp way of earning a living mine is.
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • Well, I don't like to feel that my salary's going on with me not earning it.
  • Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
  • It was terrible work, like earning a living with the sweat of the brow.
  • Extract from : « Four Girls and a Compact » by Annie Hamilton Donnell
  • For when would I be earning enough to ask any girl to marry me?
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • Another year, and he ought to be earning enough to justify him in marrying.
  • Extract from : « People of Position » by Stanley Portal Hyatt

Synonyms for earning

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