earn¹ /ûrn/

1. To gain by labour
2. To acquire
3. To deserve
4. To bring to someone

earnˈer noun

1. A person who earns
2. Something (esp illegal or slightly shady) that brings a good income or profit (informal)

earnˈings plural noun

1. What one has earned
2. Money saved
3. The profits from a venture
4. Income from investments

earn out

To make enough money from sales to recover costs or make a profit

earn² /ûrn/ (dialect)

(of milk) to curdle (also yearn)

earnˈing noun

Rennet (also yearning)

earn³ /ûrn/ (Spenser, Shakespeare)

• privily
• privities
• privity
• privy
• privy chamber
• privy chambers
• privy council
• privy councillor
• privy councillors
• privy councils
• privy counsellor
• privy purse
• privy purses
• privy seal
• Privy Seal
• prix fixe
• prizable
• prize
• prize court
• prize courts
• prize crew
• prize crews
• prized
• prizefight
• prizefighter