transitive. Of a person: to do work or render service in return for (wages); to receive or be entitled to (money, a livelihood, or some other…

To receive, accept. To receive as a gift, or as one's due; to earn as wages; also, to accept as one's lot. Obs. exc. dial.

transitive. = earn, v.1 (in various senses).

In various specific uses. To get by labour, to earn (now dialect); †to get as profit, to gain (obsolete). Also absol.

transitive. To obtain as the proceeds of one's business or employment; to earn.

To work for; to earn by labour.

transitive. To earn. Australian, New Zealand, and U.S. slang.

transitive. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). To earn (money, esp. a wage or salary). Also more generally: to achieve, obtain.

To earn, get paid. U.S.

colloquial. transitive. To earn (a specified income).