From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Earn \Earn\ ([~e]rn), noun (Zo["o]l.) See {Ern}, noun --Sir W. Scott.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Earn \Earn\ ([~e]rn), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Earned} ([~e]rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Earning}.] [AS. earnian; akin to OHG. arn[=o]n to reap, aran harvest, G. ernte, Goth. asans harvest, asneis hireling, AS. esne; cf. Icel. ["o]nn working season, work.]
1. To merit or deserve, as by labor or service; to do that which entitles one to (a reward, whether the reward is received or not).
The high repute Which he through hazard huge must earn. --Milton.
2. To acquire by labor, service, or performance; to deserve and receive as compensation or wages; as, to earn a good living; to earn honors or laurels.
I earn that [what] I eat. --Shak.
The bread I have earned by the hazard of my life or the sweat of my brow. --Burke.
{Earned run} (Baseball), a run which is made without the assistance of errors on the opposing side.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Earn \Earn\ ([~e]rn), verb (used with an object) & i. [See 1st {Yearn}.] To grieve. [Obs.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Earn \Earn\, verb (used without an object) [See 4th {Yearn}.] To long; to yearn. [Obs.]
And ever as he rode, his heart did earn To prove his puissance in battle brave. --Spenser.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Earn \Earn\, verb (used without an object) [AS. irnan to run. [root]11. See {Rennet}, and cf. {Yearnings}.] To curdle, as milk. [Prov. Eng.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
verb
1: earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month" [syn: {gain}, {take in}, {clear}, {make}, {realize}, {realise}, {pull in}, {bring in}]
2: acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions [syn: {garner}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "earn": acquire, attain, bag, be deserving, be entitled to, be paid, be remunerated, be salaried, be seized of, be worthy of, bring in, capture, catch, clear, collect, come by, come in for, come into, contract, corral, derive, deserve, drag down, draw, draw down, draw wages, effect, enter into possession, gain, get, get an income, gross, harvest, knock down, make, merit, net, obtain, pocket, procure, pull down, rate, realize, reap, receive, sack, score, secure, take, warrant, win, work for wages
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
EARN {European Academic and Research Network}. (1995-11-15)
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
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