Synonyms for earn


Grammar : Verb
Spell : urn
Phonetic Transcription : Éœrn

Top 10 synonyms for earn Other synonyms for the word earn

Définition of earn

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 :
  • He was very glad to earn money in this way, since it seemed he was to have no fish to dispose of.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • It would have taken me more than two years to earn as much money as this.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Under this republic the rewards of industry belong to those who earn them.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • In each generation, with toil and tears, we have had to earn our heritage again.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • If I cannot find one, I will earn, beg or steal the money to get them printed.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • And, delighting in us as He does, God could not possibly stint us in what we earn from Him.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • This girl was going out to earn her living, and he would stay to make it possible.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • On the way to London they were married; Sandoni doubtless had an eye to the money which she was to earn.
  • Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent
  • Then I asked to earn my bread; but without you I might have starved.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • He was planning how he could please her, how he could earn her friendship.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

Antonyms for earn

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