Earnings
noun
The money a person gets from doing work or business.
His yearly earnings from his company are over $100,000.
Often appears as...
- annual earnings
- increase in earnings
noun
The total amount of profit made by a business or company.
The company's earnings exceeded expectations this quarter.
Often appears as...
- quarterly earnings
- corporate earnings
Usage tips
Business, Financial
noun
The money a person gets from doing work or business.
His yearly earnings from his company are over $100,000.
Often appears as...
- annual earnings
- increase in earnings
noun
The total amount of profit made by a business or company.
The company's earnings exceeded expectations this quarter.
Often appears as...
- quarterly earnings
- corporate earnings
Usage tips
Business, Financial
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Personal Income
Refers to the salary or wages an individual receives from employment or services provided.
She saves 20% of her earnings each month.
Pro Tip 2/3Freelancer's Pay
For independent workers, 'earnings' often fluctuates, unlike a regular salary.
His earnings as a freelancer depend on the projects he completes.
Pro Tip 3/3Variable Amount
Earnings can vary widely depending on the job, hours worked, and skill level.
Last month's earnings were lower due to fewer work hours.
Pro Tip 1/3Personal Income
Refers to the salary or wages an individual receives from employment or services provided.
She saves 20% of her earnings each month.
Pro Tip 2/3Freelancer's Pay
For independent workers, 'earnings' often fluctuates, unlike a regular salary.
His earnings as a freelancer depend on the projects he completes.
Pro Tip 3/3Variable Amount
Earnings can vary widely depending on the job, hours worked, and skill level.
Last month's earnings were lower due to fewer work hours.
Pro Tip 1/3Personal Income
Refers to the salary or wages an individual receives from employment or services provided.
She saves 20% of her earnings each month.
Pro Tip 2/3Freelancer's Pay
For independent workers, 'earnings' often fluctuates, unlike a regular salary.
His earnings as a freelancer depend on the projects he completes.
Pro Tip 3/3Variable Amount
Earnings can vary widely depending on the job, hours worked, and skill level.
Last month's earnings were lower due to fewer work hours.
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Do tax cuts stimulate...
people will be less willing to work, which would ultimately decrease tax revenue. So at a lower tax rate, the government might actually gain more tax money that it can theoretically put towards improving life for its citizens, because people will work more when they get to keep more of their earnings.
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Parasitic worms hold...
It means that many countries simply have not been able to prioritize their treatment. There's a social cost to children without access to deworming treatments have lower rates of school attendance. Adults who grow up without deworming medicine are less productive and have lower lifelong earnings.
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Uber's plan to get more...
as the price comes down. And there's a perfect price point -- you can't go down forever. And in those places where we bring the price down but we don't see those earnings pop, we bring the prices back up. So that addresses that first part.
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How education helped me...
She uses her thumbprints instead of a signature to keep a record of her earnings. On that day, for some reason, I wanted to teach her how to hold a pen and write her name. She was reluctant at first. She smiled innocently and said no.
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How people rationalize...
pressure, opportunity, and rationalization. Pressure is often what motivates someone to engage in fraud to begin with. It could be a personal debt, an addiction, an earnings quota, a sudden job loss, or an illness in the family.
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Paul Tudor Jones II: Why...
with regard to how we value them, and we have put so much emphasis on profits, on short-term quarterly earnings and share prices, at the exclusion of all else. It's like we've ripped the humanity out of our companies.
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How the Panama Papers...
as the loneliest man in the world. For nine months, he refused paid work and lived off the earnings of his wife. He pasted tarps over the windows of his home to prevent prying eyes during the long Icelandic winter.
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How economic inequality...
But another really important difference is how they get their greater equality. Sweden has huge differences in earnings, and it narrows the gap through taxation, general welfare state, generous benefits and so on.
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Jodi Cobb: Human Bondage...
mechanic this girl selling water for her masters if the girls don't sell enough they're beaten so they're scared to go back if they've had a bad day or if their earnings were stolen which happens
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Why We Need To Talk Shit...
ends meet and support her family she would travel more than an hour away to hot goods at a market every day she'd set aside some of her earnings so that her family could access a toilet and
Video examples
Do tax cuts stimulate...
people will be less willing to work, which would ultimately decrease tax revenue. So at a lower tax rate, the government might actually gain more tax money that it can theoretically put towards improving life for its citizens, because people will work more when they get to keep more of their earnings.
Video examples
Parasitic worms hold...
It means that many countries simply have not been able to prioritize their treatment. There's a social cost to children without access to deworming treatments have lower rates of school attendance. Adults who grow up without deworming medicine are less productive and have lower lifelong earnings.
Video examples
Uber's plan to get more...
as the price comes down. And there's a perfect price point -- you can't go down forever. And in those places where we bring the price down but we don't see those earnings pop, we bring the prices back up. So that addresses that first part.
Video examples
How education helped me...
She uses her thumbprints instead of a signature to keep a record of her earnings. On that day, for some reason, I wanted to teach her how to hold a pen and write her name. She was reluctant at first. She smiled innocently and said no.
Video examples
How people rationalize...
pressure, opportunity, and rationalization. Pressure is often what motivates someone to engage in fraud to begin with. It could be a personal debt, an addiction, an earnings quota, a sudden job loss, or an illness in the family.
Video examples
Paul Tudor Jones II: Why...
with regard to how we value them, and we have put so much emphasis on profits, on short-term quarterly earnings and share prices, at the exclusion of all else. It's like we've ripped the humanity out of our companies.
Video examples
How the Panama Papers...
as the loneliest man in the world. For nine months, he refused paid work and lived off the earnings of his wife. He pasted tarps over the windows of his home to prevent prying eyes during the long Icelandic winter.
Video examples
How economic inequality...
But another really important difference is how they get their greater equality. Sweden has huge differences in earnings, and it narrows the gap through taxation, general welfare state, generous benefits and so on.
Video examples
Jodi Cobb: Human Bondage...
mechanic this girl selling water for her masters if the girls don't sell enough they're beaten so they're scared to go back if they've had a bad day or if their earnings were stolen which happens
Video examples
Why We Need To Talk Shit...
ends meet and support her family she would travel more than an hour away to hot goods at a market every day she'd set aside some of her earnings so that her family could access a toilet and
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Ha-Joon Chang
South Korean Economist
We need to accept that consumption is not the end goal of our life and stop measuring our well-being simply on the basis of earnings. We need to explicitly take the quality of our work-related life into account in judging our well-being.
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Robert Kiyosaki
American Author
If you don't like the idea that most of the money spent on lottery tickets supports government programs, you should know that most of the earnings from mutual funds support investment advisors' and mutual fund managers' retirement.
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Alex Berenson
American Author
Rising interest rates are considered bad for stocks because they raise the cost of doing business and depress corporate earnings and because higher yields make bonds relatively more attractive than stocks to investors.
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Janet Yellen
American Public Servant
Access to capital is important for all firms, but it's particularly vital for startups and young firms, which often lack a sufficient stream of earnings to increase employment and internally finance capital spending.
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Ozuna
Puerto Rican Musician
I take a part of my monthly earnings, and I donate it to my foundation. And this is to distribute hot meals, distribute gifts to children. We help by giving clothing and shoes to people that don't have the resources.
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Harvey Milk
American Politician
I'm a small businessman and I'm well aware of the uncertainties of the economy, exactly what the 'inflationary spiral' means when I'm forced to raise prices to my customers, and how taxes can eat into your earnings.
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Sylvia Mathews Burwell
American Public Servant
Savings is an important tool because it can help the poor deal with the ups and downs of irregular earnings and help them build reserves for a rainy day.
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Robin Weigert
American Actress
I basically have paid for a piano and a flat-screen television completely with my poker earnings. I'm pretty good at it.
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Phebe Novakovic
American Businesswoman
Chasing revenues that don't have good earnings doesn't help us or shareholders one lick.
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Amity Shlaes
American Author
If expectations of lifetime earnings drop, then so will spending.
Quote examples
Ha-Joon Chang
South Korean Economist
We need to accept that consumption is not the end goal of our life and stop measuring our well-being simply on the basis of earnings. We need to explicitly take the quality of our work-related life into account in judging our well-being.
Quote examples
Robert Kiyosaki
American Author
If you don't like the idea that most of the money spent on lottery tickets supports government programs, you should know that most of the earnings from mutual funds support investment advisors' and mutual fund managers' retirement.
Quote examples
Alex Berenson
American Author
Rising interest rates are considered bad for stocks because they raise the cost of doing business and depress corporate earnings and because higher yields make bonds relatively more attractive than stocks to investors.
Quote examples
Janet Yellen
American Public Servant
Access to capital is important for all firms, but it's particularly vital for startups and young firms, which often lack a sufficient stream of earnings to increase employment and internally finance capital spending.
Quote examples
Ozuna
Puerto Rican Musician
I take a part of my monthly earnings, and I donate it to my foundation. And this is to distribute hot meals, distribute gifts to children. We help by giving clothing and shoes to people that don't have the resources.
Quote examples
Harvey Milk
American Politician
I'm a small businessman and I'm well aware of the uncertainties of the economy, exactly what the 'inflationary spiral' means when I'm forced to raise prices to my customers, and how taxes can eat into your earnings.
Quote examples
Sylvia Mathews Burwell
American Public Servant
Savings is an important tool because it can help the poor deal with the ups and downs of irregular earnings and help them build reserves for a rainy day.
Quote examples
Robin Weigert
American Actress
I basically have paid for a piano and a flat-screen television completely with my poker earnings. I'm pretty good at it.
Quote examples
Phebe Novakovic
American Businesswoman
Chasing revenues that don't have good earnings doesn't help us or shareholders one lick.
Quote examples
Amity Shlaes
American Author
If expectations of lifetime earnings drop, then so will spending.
Example 1 of 10
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