earnings

Definitions

General English

• plural noun a salary, the money which you earn from work

Accounting

• plural noun the profit made by a company

Banking

• plural noun money which is earned in interest or dividend

Economics

• plural noun the profits of a business

Law

• plural noun the salary or wages, profits and dividends or interest received by an individual

Slang

• plural noun the proceeds of crime or dishonesty. An item from the language of adolescent gangs. The term was recorded in use among North London schoolboys in 1993 and 1994.

Nearby Definitions of “earnings”

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• echo
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Contexts for “earnings”

6 definitions in context
• General English
• Accounting
• Banking
• Economics
• Law
• Slang