earnings

earnings
earn·ings n pl
1: something (as wages or dividends) earned as compensation for labor or the use of capital
2: the balance of revenue for a specified period that remains after deducting related costs and expenses incurred compare profit

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

earnings
I noun balance, commission, compensation, earned income, emolument, fruit of labor, gains, income, lucrum, money earned, pay, payment, personal gain, proceeds, profit, profits, profits from employment, quaestus, rate, receipts, recompense, remuneration, returns, revenue, reward, reward of labor, reward of office, salary, takings, wages, winnings associated concepts: accrued earnings, annual earnings, corporate earnings, earning capacity, future earnings, gross earnings, individual earnings, loss of earnings, net earnings, profits, rents, surplus earnings, total earnings II index annuity, boom (prosperity), commission (fee), compensation, honorarium, income, interest (profit), output, pay, payment (remittance), possessions, proceeds, profit, recompense, revenue, wage

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


earnings
n.
That which is earned, usually money.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.

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