earnings

earn-ings · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    Money obtained in return for labor or services; income from employment.

  2. 2.

    Profits or revenue of a business or company.

Phrases & expressions

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    Earnings report — A quarterly statement of a company's financial performance.
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    Price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) — A measure comparing stock price to earnings per share.
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    Retained earnings — Profits kept by a company rather than paid as dividends.

Related words

Antonyms: expenses, losses
See also: earn, income, salary, wages
Synonyms: income, pay, revenue, salary, wages

Etymology

From Old English earnian meaning "to labor for, to earn," with the plural noun suffix -ings. The word has been used to denote income since Middle English.