Earnings - English meaning

noun

A sum of money paid regularly (typically annually) by a company to its shareholders out of its profits (or reserves).

Usage examples:

Tax exemptions on dividend payments from pension funds have been scrapped.

noun

(a part of) the profit of a company that is paid to the people who own shares in it

Usage examples:

Dividends will be sent to shareholders.

noun

A salary, fee, or profit from employment or office.

Usage examples:

The directors' emoluments

noun

Payment for work in the form of money or something else of value

Usage examples:

There must be full disclosure of company directors' total emoluments.

noun

A payment made to a professional person or to a professional or public body in exchange for advice or services.

Usage examples:

They were faced with legal fees of £3000

verb

Make a payment to (someone) in return for services.

Usage examples:

Others offer discounts on software purchases to subscribers of their once-free, now fee'd, online s…

noun

An amount of money charged for a service or for the use of something

Usage examples:

An admission fee, the doctor’s usual fee is $125.

verb

Obtain or secure (something wanted or desirable).

Usage examples:

We gained entry to the car in five seconds

noun

An increase in wealth or resources.

Usage examples:

The pursuit of personal gain

verb

Obtain

noun

A payment given for professional services that are rendered nominally without charge.

Usage examples:

Some of it goes straight to individuals in the form of consulting fees, contracts, honoraria, and s…

Plural of honorarium formal

noun

Money received, especially on a regular basis, for work or through investments.

Usage examples:

He has a nice home and an adequate income

noun

Money that is earned from doing work or received from investments

noun

Money earned by a person, company, government, etc. over particular period of time

Usage examples:

An income of to qualify, you must have an income of $24,000 or less., earn/have/receive (an) income…

verb

Give (someone) money that is due for work done, goods received, or a debt incurred.

Usage examples:

The traveller paid a guide to show him across

noun

The money paid to someone for regular work.

Usage examples:

An entitlement to sickness pay

verb

Seal (the deck or seams of a wooden ship) with pitch or tar to prevent leakage.

Usage examples:

An open groove between the planks had to be payed by running in hot pitch from a special ladle

noun

The action or process of paying someone or something or of being paid.

Usage examples:

Ask for a discount for payment by cash

noun

An amount of money paid, or the act of paying

Usage examples:

[ c ] when is the first payment due?, [ u ] usually we ask for payment when the order is placed.

noun

An amount of money that has been paid or is expected to be paid

Usage examples:

For the fiscal year ended february 28 2010, payments from class a shares amounted to $1,470., mortg…

verb

Begin a course of action.

Usage examples:

The consortium could proceed with the plan

plural noun

Money obtained from an event or activity.

Usage examples:

Proceeds from the event will go to aid the work of the charity

plural noun

The amount of money received from a particular sale or event

Usage examples:

All proceeds from the auction will be donated to charity.

noun

A financial gain, especially the difference between the amount earned and the amount spent in buying, operating, or producing something.

Usage examples:

Record pre-tax profits

verb

Obtain a financial advantage or benefit.

Usage examples:

The only people to profit from the episode were the lawyers

noun

Money that a business earns above what it costs to produce and sell goods and services

Usage examples:

[ u ] any profit made on the sale is taxable., [ c ] a lot of businesses are reaping huge profits.,…

noun

Money paid for work or a service.

Usage examples:

They work in excess of their contracted hours for no additional remuneration

verb

Come or go back to a place or person.

Usage examples:

He returned to america in the late autumn

noun

An act of coming or going back to a place or activity.

Usage examples:

He celebrated his safe return from the war

verb

To come or go back to a previous place, subject, activity, or condition

Usage examples:

He returned to new york last week., he worked at other jobs but kept returning to mining., she was …

noun

Income, especially when of an organization and of a substantial nature.

Usage examples:

Traders have lost £10,000 in revenue since the traffic scheme was implemented

noun

The income that a business or government receives regularly, or an amount representing such income

Usage examples:

[ c usually pl ] state/federal revenues, [ u ] company revenue rose 4% last year.

noun

Money that a company receives, especially from selling goods or services

Usage examples:

Revenue(s) from sth revenue from online ads is much less than from print advertising., revenue(s) o…

noun

A fixed regular payment, typically paid on a monthly basis but often expressed as an annual sum, made by an employer to an employee, especially a professional or white-collar worker.

Usage examples:

He received a salary of £24,000

verb

Pay a salary to.

Usage examples:

The chinese system—salary the doctor and stop his pay when you get ill

noun

A fixed regular sum paid as a salary or as expenses to a clergyman, teacher, or public official.

Usage examples:

The rise was ‘three per cent - a percentage in line with the rise in stipends for all clergymen,’ h…

noun

A fixed, regular income that is usually not based on an amount of work done

Usage examples:

As a student advisor, she gets a monthly stipend from the college.

noun

An amount of money that is paid regularly to someone, especially for work or training that is usually unpaid

Usage examples:

An $80-a-month stipend covers each volunteer's personal expenses., in addition to their regular sal…

noun

The action or process of taking something.

Usage examples:

The taking of life

noun

The money that a business gets from selling goods or services during a particular period

Usage examples:

Takings are up/down the company reports that takings are up 10%., most of its takings come from sel…

noun

A fixed regular payment earned for work or services, typically paid on a daily or weekly basis.

Usage examples:

We were struggling to get better wages

verb

Carry on (a war or campaign).

Usage examples:

It is necessary to destroy their capacity to wage war

noun

→  wage

verb

Produce or provide (a natural, agricultural, or industrial product).

Usage examples:

The land yields grapes and tobacco

noun

An amount produced of an agricultural or industrial product.

Usage examples:

The milk yield was poor

verb

Give or supply