• The managing director's personal assistant earned £35,000 last year.
• She earns a very respectable wage.
• Some young people want to start earning as soon as possible.
• “What’s the pay?” “About $30 an hour.”
A salary is the money that someone is paid every month by their employer, especially someone who is in a profession, such as a teacher, office worker, or manager:• The university provides a salary of $3000 a month plus benefits.
A wage is the money that someone is paid every week by their employer, especially someone who works in a factory, shop etc:• She earns an hourly wage of $11.
Income is all the money that you receive regularly for work:• His annual income is just over $40,000.
Earnings is the total amount of money you earn from the job that you do:• The average worker’s earnings have not kept up with inflation.
A fee is money that you pay to a professional person, such as a doctor or a lawyer, for work that they do:• Last year the company paid $12 million in legal fees to a single law firm.
Remuneration is a formal word for payment for work, especially in the form of a salary and additional benefits such as a car:• We are offering an attractive remuneration package, including a company car and other benefits.
• If a bond is not redeemed at maturity, it continues to earn interest.
• It's impossible to earn a decent living in this country.
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»When I started earning, I decided to open a savings account.
earn a salary/a wage/an income »A typical manager will earn a salary of at least $69,000.
»Brokers earn commission on each sale.
earn sb sth »She turned down an advert that would have earned her £1 million.
His last three films have earned more than $437 million worldwide.
»In 1994, BBA earned pretax profit of 84.3 million pounds.
earn sth from sth »The region earns billions of dollars from tourism.
You can buy and sell these unit trusts when you choose, and you earn dividends.
»Any spare cash is best put in a savings account where it will earn interest.
»Local governments use the fund as a money-market account to earn interest on surplus cash.
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»Organizations can earn carbon credits by registering an energy saving project.
She reportedly earns more than $475 000 a year
The company expects to earn €600 million on sales.
profits earned from real estate sales
the opportunity to earn more money
the difficulty of earning a living as an artist
The workers barely earn enough to live on.
his ability to earn a living lecturing
‘I feel I've really earned this!’ she said, picking up her cup of coffee.
He has truly earned the admiration of his colleagues.
He quickly earned the respect of his colleagues.
First you have to earn their respect.
He went on to earn a PhD in astronomy from the University of Maryland.