well earned

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to receive or be given something
getI got a new bike for my birthday.
receiveYou will receive your tickets by email.
obtainAfter many years of trying, she finally obtained Brazilian citizenship.
gainYou will improve at the job as you gain experience.
earnEventually, you will earn the dog's trust.
achieveShe achieved top marks in the physics exam.
As a personal trainer to the rich and famous, he earns over a million dollars a year.他做富人和名流的私人教练一年挣100多万美元。
He earns a bit of extra pocket money by babysitting.
Many people are more interested in job satisfaction than in earning large amounts of money.与赚大把的钱相比，许多人更重视工作给予他们的满足感。
A person's gross income is the money they earn before tax is deducted from it.个人总收入是指税前的收入总和。
You should put the money in a savings account where it will earn interest.你应该把钱存在有利息的储蓄户头上。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Earning money
assessable
bank
base pay
basic
basic income
disposable income
hand over fistidiom
in arrearsidiom
killing
make an honest livingidiom
performance-related
pro bono
pro rata
profit from something
prorate
pull
raise
retainer
revenue
sick pay

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Getting, receiving and accepting

Examples of earning

earning

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

The showman explained that twenty years ago he collected five pounds a week on average, earning seven or eight shillings from each street performance.
Women tend now to be seen both as primary carers and as individuals responsible for earning for themselves, their children and their own pensions.
The experience of these young women emphasizes that earning potential and household need shaped historically specific gender and generational roles.
At the same time, the gap in income between the lowest and highest earning households has increased since 1968.
The peak earning ages will be determined by the factors discussed above while the peak years will largely be determined by macroeconomic conditions.
And they appropriate this attributed authenticity for themselves to increase their own, yes, 'nocturnal capital', earning them bragging rights back home.
Also, there are numerous private firms with market power earning extraordinary profits in some of their markets that can be used as a cross-subsidy source.
The average salary per soldier is about $3,500 per month, with top helicopter pilots and country commanders earning about $7,500.
By the combined hard work of men, women and even children, these families somehow managed to get by, earning just enough to sustain themselves.
Across both probes, word type resulted in a main effect, with children from all three groups earning higher scores for verbs than nouns.
Because of the risk of early adult death or invalidity it was prudent for families to maximize the earning potential of all family members.
In the building and craft trades it was unusual to find labourers earning less than 3d per day.
This led retailers to argue that, with their own earning power now limited by price controls, they needed the protection of rent control legislation.
During the teens, earning capacity still remained rather low on average (15.3 shillings).
In the status quo only about 38 million people attend college without earning a degree.
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