Phrase Hound found 14 phrases and 27 compound words that contain earn. The most common are listed below. Open earn in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 14
- earn a livingSynonym of make a living: To earn enough income to support oneself and, if applicable, one's family.
- earn outTo qualify for a bonus or other amount of money that has been promised.
- pay as you earnThe national system whereby income tax and national insurance is deducted by an employer from the salary or wages of an employee.
- re-earnTo earn back something one has lost.
- Bridge of EarnA small town in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO1318).
- Loch EarnA lake in Stirling council area and Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, which has the River Earn as its outlet (OS grid ref NN62).
- earn one's keepTo perform satisfactory physical labor or to provide other worthy services in return for remuneration, lodging, or other benefits; to support oneself financially.
- bald earnAlternative form of bald erne: Bald eagle.
- earn one's crustTo earn money, to do something as a job.
- earn one's spursSynonym of win one's spurs: To achieve recognition.
- earn one's stripesTo acquire recognized credentials by competent performance.
- earn a crustAlternative form of earn one's crust: To earn money, to do something as a job.
- earn one's cornSynonym of earn one's keep: To perform satisfactory physical labor or to provide other worthy services in return for remuneration, lodging, or other benefits; to support oneself financially.
- earn one's wingsTo prove one's worth or merit.
Compound words 27
- earnableCapable of being earned.
- StrathearnA strath in central Scotland.
- underearnTo earn less than.
- earnoutA formula by which the management of a company earns a share of the company's share capital by achieving results above pre-determined levels.
- unearnNo longer to deserve (privileges, respect, etc.) that one had previously earned.
- earnfulFull of anxiety or yearning.
- earneththird-person singular simple present indicative of earn: To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
- earningsWages, money earned, income.
- earnestGravity; serious purpose; earnestness.
- EarnhardtA surname from German; variant forms Earnhart, Earnheart.