- earn⇄earn (1), transitive verb.
1. to get in return for work or service; be paid.
Ex. She earns 25 dollars a day.
2. to do enough work for; do good enough work for; deserve; be worth.
Ex. He is paid more than he really earns.
(S - earn⇄earn (2), intransitive verb.
(Obsolete.) to desire strongly; long; yearn. - earn⇄noun earner.