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Verb: earn  urn
  1. Receive money in return for work; make a profit as the result of some business transaction
    "She earns a lot in her new job";
    - gain, take in, clear, make, realize, realise [Brit], pull in [informal], bring in
     
  2. Acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions
    - garner, win

Sounds like: eager, eagren, urn, ern

Derived forms: earned, earning, earns

Type of: acquire, get

Encyclopedia: Earn

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