unearned

Example Sentences

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Unearned bravado: This can be a tell that someone simply wants to take your money, casting director Dea Vise said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2021

Unearned revenue -- which comes from multiyear contracts that isn’t recognized in the current period and indicates future sales -- was also higher than analysts projected.

From BusinessWeek • Jul. 22, 2011

Unearned revenue, a measure of future sales, was also higher than analysts projected.

From BusinessWeek • Jul. 21, 2011

Unearned revenue -- a measure of the strength of the business in Microsoft's pipeline -- fell 9.5 percent to $13.4 billion, a cause of concern to some investors.

From Reuters • Jan. 28, 2011

Increment, Unearned, an expression denoting increase in the value of landed property due to increased demand and without any expenditure on the part of the proprietor.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin