Earnings meaning

What does “earnings” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“earnings” is a noun with 2 meanings. Its most common meaning is: the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses).

earnings

noun

  1. the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

  2. something that remunerates

    “wages were paid by check”

    “he wasted his pay on drink”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University