- earnings
- nounADJECTIVE▪ high, record, strong▪ low, meagre/meager▪ average▪ annual, hourly, quarterly, weekly▪ first-quarter, second-quarter, etc.▪ expected, future, projected▪
the company's projected earnings for the next twelve months
▪ reported▪ total▪ average▪ gross, pre-tax, taxable▪ after-tax, net▪Her net earnings last year were $15 000.
▪ real▪Blue-collar workers saw their real earnings diminish.
▪ export, investment▪ company, corporate▪ career, lifetime▪Her win in Australia has taken her career earnings through the million-dollar barrier.
▪ lost (law)▪damages awarded for lost earnings
▪ immoral (= by working as a prostitute) (BrE, law)▪He was jailed for six months in June for living off immoral earnings.
… OF EARNINGS▪ level▪Levels of earnings are still rising.
VERB + EARNINGS▪ have▪People with a university education tend to have higher earnings.
▪ generate▪earnings generated by investing your income
▪ calculate, estimate▪ declare▪You must declare all earnings to authorities.
▪ tax▪ boost, increase, lift (esp. AmE), push (esp. AmE), raise▪The show has pushed her earnings past $2 million a year.
▪ announce, post, report (all business)▪The company reported earnings of $2.9 million.
EARNINGS + NOUN▪ estimate, forecast, projection▪his 2008 earnings estimate of 73 cents a share
▪ target▪ announcement▪the second-quarter earnings announcement
▪ growth▪ shortfall▪An earnings shortfall might point to problems with our forecasting abilities.
PREPOSITION▪ earnings from▪Chile's earnings from exports rose by 2%.
▪ earnings of▪annual earnings of £20 000
PHRASES▪ ten times, twenty times, etc. earnings▪The stock trades at about 40 times earnings.
▪ growth in earnings▪the growth in average earnings over the last ten years
▪ loss of earnings▪She is also claiming compensation for loss of earnings.
▪ revenue and earnings, revenues and earnings▪long-term increases in corporate revenues and earnings
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Collocations dictionary. 2013.
