earnings
/'ə:niɳz/
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Definition
- Noun (plural):
- Money received in exchange for work or services: "Earnings" refers to the payment an employee receives for their labor, typically on a regular basis (e.g., wages, salary).
- The profit of a company or investment: "Earnings" also refers to the net income or profit a business generates after subtracting all its expenses, costs, and taxes over a specific period.
Usage and Examples
Referring to personal income from work:
- Her monthly earnings are sufficient to cover all her expenses.
- He reported his earnings from freelance work on his tax return.
Referring to corporate or investment profit:
- The company announced strong quarterly earnings, exceeding analysts' expectations.
- The earnings from his stock portfolio have grown significantly this year.
Advanced Usage
"Retained earnings": This is an accounting term for the portion of a company's net income that is kept within the business rather than distributed to shareholders as dividends. These are reinvested into the company.
- The firm used its retained earnings to fund research and development.
"Price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio": A key financial metric used to value a company by comparing its current share price to its per-share earnings.
- A high price-to-earnings ratio might indicate that a stock is overvalued.
Variants and Related Words
- Earn (verb): To receive money as payment for work or as a return on an investment.
- She earns a good salary.
- Earner (noun): A person who earns money, especially a wage or salary.
- He is the primary earner in his family.
Synonyms
- Income: Money received, especially on a regular basis, for work or through investments.
- Pay: Money paid for work or a service.
- Wages: Payment for labor, especially on an hourly, daily, or weekly basis.
- Profit: A financial gain, especially the difference between the amount earned and the amount spent.
Related Phrases and Idioms
- To report earnings: To officially announce a company's financial results for a period.
- The tech giant will report its earnings after the market closes today.
- Before-tax earnings / After-tax earnings: Refers to profit calculated before or after income taxes are deducted.
- The after-tax earnings give a clearer picture of what the shareholder actually receives.
Noun
- something that remunerates
- wages were paid by check
- he wasted his pay on drink
- they saved a quarter of all their earnings
- the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)