# earnings

Pronunciation: say "UR-ningz" US /ˈɝnɪŋz/, UK /ˈɜːnɪŋz/

## Noun

1. The money a person receives as wages or other income from work.
   - Simple: Money that a person gets paid for working.
   - _Her annual earnings increased after the promotion._
   - _Many workers send a portion of their earnings home to family._
2. The profits a business generates from its operations.
   - Simple: The money a business keeps as profit after paying its costs.
   - _Investors watched closely as the bank reported its quarterly earnings._
   - _The retailer's earnings fell during the slow winter season._
3. The gains or returns produced by money that has been invested.
   - Simple: Money that an investment makes for the person who put money in.
   - _Investors reinvested their earnings to compound future growth._
   - _The fund's earnings were distributed to shareholders as dividends._

## Origin

Formed from "earning" plus the suffix "-s".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/earnings (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).