earnings

DEFINITIONS OF: earnings

“they saved a quarter of all their earnings”

Types:: show 11 types...; hide 11 types...; combat pay
extra pay for soldiers engaged in active combat; double time
a doubled wage (for working overtime); found
food and lodging provided in addition to money; half-pay
reduced wage paid to someone who is not working full time; living wage
a wage sufficient for a worker and family to subsist comfortably; merit pay
extra pay awarded to an employee on the basis of merit (especially to school teachers); minimum wage
the lowest wage that an employer is allowed to pay; determined by contract or by law; pay envelope, pay packet
wages enclosed in an envelope for distribution to the wage earner; sick pay
wages paid to an employee who is on sick leave; strike pay
money paid to strikers from union funds; take-home pay
what is left of your pay after deductions for taxes and dues and insurance etc

Types:: show 15 types...; hide 15 types...; earning per share
the portion of a company's profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock; windfall profit
profit that occurs unexpectedly as a consequence of some event not controlled by those who profit from it; cleanup, killing
a very large profit; fast buck, quick buck
quick or easy earnings, "they are traders out to make a fast buck"; filthy lucre
shameful profit; gross profit, gross profit margin, margin
(finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold; markup
the amount added to the cost to determine the asking price; accumulation
(finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation; dividend
that part of the earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its shareholders; usually paid quarterly; fund, stock, store
a supply of something available for future use; backlog, reserve, stockpile
something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose; stock dividend
a dividend paid in stock rather than in cash; extra dividend
a dividend paid in addition to the regular dividend; equalizing dividend
a dividend paid to compensate shareholders for losses resulting from a change in the dividend schedule; divvy
short for dividend; especially one paid by a cooperative society

Type of:: income
the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time

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