earn


earn
I verb achieve, achieve by continued effort, acquire by service, attain, be deserving, be entitled to, be successful, be worthy, clear, deserve, gain, gain by labor, gain by service, get a profit, get by effort, have a right to, merere, merit, merit as compensation, net, obtain a victory, procure by effort, profit, prosper, realize, reap, receive compensation, secure, succeed in reaching, win associated concepts: ability to earn, earned commissions, earned income, earned premiums, earned surplus, earned wages, a sum earned and unpaid II index attain, bear (yield), gain, obtain, pass (satisfy requirements), procure, realize (obtain as a profit), reap, receive (acquire), succeed (attain)

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


earn
v.
To acquire money in return for work; to perform some task that makes one deserve some reward.

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

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