His parents' view was that he was wasting his earnings on a silly girl.
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Earnings
Synonyms for "earnings" (139 found)
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Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (42)
Related words (69)
obtentionoutputpaper profitspaypay and allowancespaymentpayrollpelfpercentageperkperksperquisitepickingsportal-to-portal payproceedsprocuralprocuranceprocurationprocurementproduce
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profitprofitspurchasing powerrake offrake-offreal wagesreceiptreceiptsreceivablesremunerationreturnreturnsrevenueroyaltiesroyaltysalarysecurementseverance paysliding scalestipendstoretaketake home paytake-hometake-home paytake-intakingstaxable incometotal compensationtroverunearned incomewage controlwage freezewage reductionwage rollbackwage scalewageswages after deductionswages after taxeswealthwinningwinningsyield
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9 entriesderived from
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1 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
47 translations across 20 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- շահույթ noun (wages, money earned, income)
- վաստակ noun (wages, money earned, income)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qazanc noun (wages, money earned, income)
Bulgarian
3 entries- доход noun (gains on investments, returns)
- доходи noun (wages, money earned, income)
- приходи noun (wages, money earned, income)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 所得 noun (wages, money earned, income)
- 收入 noun (wages, money earned, income)
- 收益 noun (wages, money earned, income)
Czech
1 entries- výdělek noun (wages, money earned, income)
Danish
2 entries- indtjening noun (wages, money earned, income)
- profit noun (gains on investments, returns)
Finnish
1 entries- ansiot noun (wages, money earned, income)
French
1 entries- revenus noun (wages, money earned, income)
German
4 entries- Einkommen noun (wages, money earned, income)
- Ertrag noun (gains on investments, returns)
- Lohn noun (wages, money earned, income)
- Verdienst noun (wages, money earned, income)
Irish
1 entries- saothrú noun (wages, money earned, income)
Italian
1 entries- guadagno noun (wages, money earned, income)
Japanese
3 entries- 収入 noun (wages, money earned, income)
- 所得 noun (wages, money earned, income)
- 稼ぎ noun (wages, money earned, income)
Malayalam
2 entries- വരുമാനം noun (wages, money earned, income)
- സമ്പാദ്യം noun (wages, money earned, income)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- inntjening noun (wages, money earned, income)
Polish
4 entries- dochody noun (wages, money earned, income)
- dochody noun (gains on investments, returns)
- zarobki noun (wages, money earned, income)
- zyski noun (wages, money earned, income)
Portuguese
1 entries- renda noun (wages, money earned, income)
Russian
3 entries- дохо́д noun (wages, money earned, income)
- за́работок noun (wages, money earned, income)
- при́быль noun (wages, money earned, income)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- cosnadh noun (wages, money earned, income)
- pàigh noun (wages, money earned, income)
- tuarasdal noun (wages, money earned, income)
Slovene
3 entries- dobiček noun (wages, money earned, income)
- dohodek noun (wages, money earned, income)
- prihodek noun (wages, money earned, income)
Spanish
4 entries- cobramiento noun (wages, money earned, income)
- cobramiento noun (gains on investments, returns)
- devengo noun (wages, money earned, income)
- devengo noun (gains on investments, returns)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Corporate earnings in the first quarter improved sharply.
Source: tatoeba (20727)
The deterioration of corporate earnings has yet to bottom out.
Source: tatoeba (20728)
Our earnings are in proportion to our real ability.
Source: tatoeba (23448)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.