earnings

earnings
noun
ADJECTIVE
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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