earnings

[ur-ningz] / ˈɜr nɪŋz /

NOUN

money for work performed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bottom line gain income pay proceeds profit return revenue salary

STRONG

balance emolument gate groceries lucre net payoff receipts remuneration reward salt stipend takings wages

WEAK

in the black piece of the pie take-home

Antonyms

STRONGEST

debt loss payment

WEAK

bills losses payout

Example Sentences

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Still, buoying the sector on Thursday, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing beat expectations for its fourth-quarter earnings and said it expects to spend heavily to meet rising demand for artificial-intelligence processors.

From The Wall Street Journal

Microsoft’s gross debt is only 0.22 times its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, or Ebitda, which means it could theoretically pay all its debt in under three months.

From Barron's

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. ended 2025 with another quarter of record earnings, entering this year in a strong position to increase capacity to meet unrelenting demand for artificial-intelligence chips.

From The Wall Street Journal

The outlook for companies’ earnings is much sunnier now, too.

From Barron's

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