earns
- 1Third-person singular simple present of earn.
A skilled electrician earns more than the regional average.
The savings account earns a small amount of interest each month.
Note
One spelling serves every use of the verb. It takes a direct object (she earns respect), stands alone (he earns well), or takes two objects when the reward goes to someone else: her persistence earns her a promotion. That last pattern is easy to overlook. Here the subject is not the one who is paid or rewarded; it is the cause of someone else's reward.
Her persistence earns her a promotion.
He earns well as a freelance editor.
earns is a form of earn
earn, verb: To get something such as praise, success, or a reputation because of your work, actions, or qualities. Full entry
- Spelling
- earn → earns: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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