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| earn [ urn ] (past and past participle earned, present participle earn·ing, 3rd person present singular earns) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb make money by working: to receive money or payment of some other kind in return for work done
  earn enough to live on
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2. transitive verb deserve something: to acquire something as a result of personal actions or behavior
earn praise
The remark earned him a stern rebuke.
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3. transitive verb finance produce dividends: to produce interest or dividends from money invested
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| [ Old English earnian< Germanic, "harvest"] |
