Earn : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Earn	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for Earn
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
earn v earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month" Synonym(s): gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions Synonym(s): earn, garner
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Earn \Earn\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Ern}, n. --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Earn \Earn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Earned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Earning}.] [AS. earnian; akin to OHG. arn[?]n to reap, aran harvest, G. ernte, Goth. asans harvest, asneis hireling, AS. esne; cf. Icel. [94]nn working season, work.] 1. To merit or deserve, as by labor or service; to do that which entitles one to (a reward, whether the reward is received or not). The high repute Which he through hazard huge must earn. --Milton. 2. To acquire by labor, service, or performance; to deserve and receive as compensation or wages; as, to earn a good living; to earn honors or laurels. I earn that [what] I eat. --Shak. The bread I have earned by the hazard of my life or the sweat of my brow. --Burke. {Earned run} (Baseball), a run which is made without the assistance of errors on the opposing side. Syn: See {Obtain}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Earn \Earn\, v. t. & i. [See 1st {Yearn}.] To grieve. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Earn \Earn\, v. i. [See 4th {Yearn}.] To long; to yearn. [Obs.] And ever as he rode, his heart did earn To prove his puissance in battle brave. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Earn \Earn\, v. i. [AS. irnan to run. [root]11. See {Rennet}, and cf. {Yearnings}.] To curdle, as milk. [Prov. Eng.]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
EARN {European Academic and Research Network}. (1995-11-15)