earningsearn‧ings /ˈɜːnɪŋz $ ˈɜːr-/ ●●○ noun [plural] 
an employee’s average weekly earnings He claimed compensation for loss of earnings.► see thesaurus at salary2the profit that a company or country makes: The company’s earnings have dropped by 5% in the first quarter. Oil provides 40% of Norway’s export earnings.COLLOCATIONS– Meanings 1 & 2ADJECTIVES/NOUN + earningsaverage earnings· Average earnings for teachers are around $70,000.hourly/weekly/monthly earnings· Some football players have weekly earnings of over £50,000.high earnings· Professional people pay more tax, because of their higher earnings.low earnings· a new government policy which is designed to help people on low earningsannual earnings· His annual earnings are over £1 million.future earnings (=money that a person or company is likely to earn in the future)· With serious injuries, the court may award substantial damages for loss of future earnings.quarterly earnings (=the amount a company earns during a three-month period)· The bank will announce its quarterly earnings on January 17.first/second etc quarter earnings (=the amount a company earns during one of the four periods of three months that make up a financial year)· The company’s fourth quarter earnings are excellent.gross earnings (=before tax has been paid)· You can usually borrow up to three times the value of your gross earnings per year.net earnings (=after tax has been paid)· The company’s net earnings have fallen over the last two years.export earnings (=money a company earns by exporting goods or services)· Export earnings from oil bring valuable overseas currency into the country.verbsearnings rise/increase· Average earnings increased by 5 per cent last year.earnings fall (=become lower)· The company’s earnings fell by 21% in the fourth quarter.report earnings (=publicly state the amount of money a company has earned during a particular period)· Many car manufacturers have reported disappointing earnings this year.phraseslevel of earnings (=the amount a person or company earns)· He found he was having to work harder just to maintain his level of earnings.loss of earnings· The insurance policy covers you for loss of earnings due to illness.growth in earnings (=an increase in the amount a person or company earns)· The first part of this year has seen a substantial growth in earnings.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Company earnings are up 18% over last year's.
- Most single mothers spend a large part of their earnings on childcare.
- The average worker's earnings have not kept up with inflation.
- Average earnings rose just 3 cents an hour.
- Development Inc. and Parametric Technology Corp., after both companies reported better-than-expected earnings.
- He expects stocks to continue to march higher, benefiting from falling rates and decent corporate earnings.
- It said, however, that it would maintain its 2001 earnings target of $ 2.80 to $ 2.90 a share.
- Most occupational schemes pay a proportion of your earnings when you retire and are called final earnings schemes.
- The crucial factors are the relative opportunity costs and the ratio of men's to women's earnings.
- The planned repurchase would result in an extraordinary charge of about $ 22 million against first-quarter earnings, the company said.
THESAURUS
noun [countable] the money that you receive regularly for doing your job, usually paid to you every month. Salary is usually used for professional jobs such as teachers, managers, doctors etc: · Nurses earn a basic salary of £21,250.· Her salary is paid directly into her bank account.
noun [uncountable] the money you receive for doing a job: · The pay is pretty good.· Teachers are asking for higher pay.
noun [plural] (also wage [singular]) the money that someone is paid every week by their employer, especially someone who works in a shop or factory: · Practically all my wages go on housing and transport to work.· The average weekly wage was £350.· a wage increase
noun [countable, uncountable] the money that you receive regularly for doing your job, and from things such as a business or investments: · The amount of tax you have to pay depends on your income.· People on low incomes are finding it difficult to pay their fuel bills.
noun [plural] the total amount of money you earn from any job you do – used especially when the amount is different each month or year: · The average worker’s earnings have not kept up with inflation.
money that you receive from working, investments etc: · families on a low income
the pay that professional people such as teachers or lawyers earn every year: · a salary of $65,000 a year
the pay that someone earns every hour or every week: · Her wages barely cover the rent.
money added to someone’s pay, as a reward for good work or as a reward when the company does well: · The company pays an attendance bonus – if you go 30 days without being late or absent, you get the bonus.
all the money that you earn by working: · In a good year, a bonus can double an executive’s earnings.
Longman Language Activatorthe money that you earn the money that you earn by working: · "What's the pay?" "About $10 an hour."· The worst thing about being a nurse is the low pay.sick pay (=pay that you get when you are ill and cannot work): · Joe's been receiving sick pay since the accident.
the money that someone is paid every month by their employer, especially someone who is in a profession, such as a teacher or a manager: a salary of £100,000/$10,000 etc: · The university provides a salary of $3,000 a month plus benefits.· Johansen reportedly earns an annual salary of $4 million. be on a salary (=be earning a salary): · I joined the company in 1985, on a salary of $22,000 a year.a good/high salary: · Our daughter makes a good salary, but she really works for it.
also wages the money that someone is paid every week by their employer, especially someone who works in a factory, shop etc: · Elvina earns an hourly wage of $11.· Without qualifications it's nearly impossible to get a job with decent wages.minimum wage (=the lowest amount of money that can legally be paid per hour to a worker): · Most of the new jobs in the area only pay the minimum wage.
all the money that you receive regularly, for work or for any other reason: · Braund's annual income is just over $40,000.· The amount of tax you have to pay depends on your income.be on a low income (=receive very little money): · Families on low incomes are eligible for state benefits.income from: · Richard has a comfortable income from his salary and his investments.
the total amount of money you earn from any work you do: · Most single mothers spend a large part of their earnings on childcare.· The average worker's earnings have not kept up with inflation.
money paid to a professional person such as a doctor or lawyer for a piece of work: · Dr Allison charges a fee of $90 for a consultation.· Last year IBM paid $12 million in legal fees to a single law firm.· The fee for the standard structural survey is £175.
WORD SETSafter-sales service, agro-industry, nounarcade, nounB2B exchange, nounB2C, adjectivebakery, nounbar code, nounbargain, nounbarrier to trade, nounbarrow, nounbazaar, nounbid, nounbid, verbbidding, nounbid-rigging, nounboard of directors, nounBOL, bonded factory, bookshop, nounbookstall, nounbookstore, nounbook token, nounboom, nounboom, verbboot sale, nounboutique, nounboxed, adjectivebreakdown clause, B/S, business agent, business interruption insurance, business liability insurance, buyback, nounbuyer, nounbuying power, C&F, callback, nouncarrying charge, cash and carry, nouncash basis, nouncash desk, nouncash discount, nouncash generation, cash price, cash register, nouncasualty insurance, CFI, CFR, chain store, nounchamber of trade, nouncheckout, nounCIF, CIP, clearance sale, nounclosed-door policy, nounComdex, nouncommercial agent, common ownership, comparative advantage, competitive advantage, competitive strategy, completion date, concessionaire, nounconsign, verbconsignee, nounconsignment, nounconsignor, nounconsolidator, nounconsumer, nounconsumer confidence, nounconsumerism, nounconsumer society, nouncontinuous improvement, conversion rate, corn exchange, nouncorporate investment, cost, nouncost price, nouncreative brief, credit, nouncredit account, nouncredit control, credit note, nouncreditor turnover rate, nouncredit terms, credit voucher, nouncustom, nouncustomer, nouncustomer capital, cutover, nouncut-price, adjectivedealership, noundebit account, declaration insurance, deliverable, noundelivery date, delivery receipt, deputy chairman, dime store, noundirect investment, disability insurance, discount, noundiscounting, noundispenser, noundistribute, verbdistributive, adjectivedocket, noundocumentary credit, domestic investment, draft terms, draper, noundrive-in, noundrive-in store, -driven, suffixdrop-shipping, nounDutch auction, nounearnings, nounEFQM Excellence Model, electronic point of sale, embargo, verbemporium, nounescalator clause, escape clause, executive chairman, expiration date, export, nounexport, verbexport credit, exporter, nounexport insurance, extended credit, external competitiveness, EXW, factory shop, fair dealing, financial investment, first-tier supplier, flat, adjectiveflea market, nounfleet terms, florist, nounfor-profit, adjectivefree market, nounfree port, nounfreight, nounfreight, verbfront end, nounfutures market, noungift certificate, noungift token, noungift-wrap, verbgiveaway, nounglut, noungoodwill, noungrandfather clause, greengrocer, noungross margin, noungross national product, noungross profit, nounguaranteed price, halo effect, handle, verbhandling charge, nounhigh street, nounhome product, hookup, nounHP, nounindent, nounindirect sale, industrial estate, nouninstallment plan, nouninstalment, nounInternet Service Provider, inventory, nouninvestment goods, invoice, nouninvoice, verbjob order, kanban system, layaway, nounleasing, nounliability insurance, license, verbline, nounlist price, nounlong-term credit, loss leader, nounlot, nounlumberyard, nounmail order, nounmarkdown, nounmarket, nounmarket-driven, adjectivemarket economy, nounmarket forces, nounmarketing, nounmarket leader, nounmarket-led, adjectivemarket price, nounmarket research, nounmarket value, nounmark-up, nounmedium-term credit, mercantile, adjectivemerchandise, nounmerchandiser, nounmerchant, nounMNC, MNE, move, verbmultiple, nounmultiple store, nounoff, adverboffer, nounoff-the-shelf, adjectiveo.n.o., open, adjectiveopen, verbopening hours, nounorder, nounorder, verbOTC, out, adverboutbid, verboutpost, nounoutsell, verboverbid, verboverbook, verboversubscribed, adjectiveovertrade, verbown brand, adjectiveown label, adjectivepackage, verbpackage deal, nounpackager, nounpackaging, nounpacket, nounparade, nounpart exchange, nounpass-along, nounpass-through, nounpeddle, verbpedlar, nounperformance guarantee, perfumery, nounpetty cash, nounpitch, nounplaza, nounpoint of sale, nounprice, nounprice, verbprice fixing, nounprice-fixing, nounprice list, nounprice tag, nounprice war, nounprivate company, private investment, problem child, nounproducer, nounproduction control, profit, nounprofit margin, nounpro forma invoice, nounpro-forma invoice, property and liability insurance, proprietary, adjectivepunter, nounpurchase, verbpurchase, nounpurveyor, nounpyramid selling, nounquotation, nounrake-off, nounready-to-wear, adjectivereal estate, nounreceipt, nounrefund, verbregular, nounrelaunch, nounremnant, nounrent, verbrent, nounrental, nounreorder, verbresell, verbreserve, nounretail, nounretail, verbretail, adverbretailer, nounretailing, nounretail park, nounrevolving credit, sale, nounsales channel, sales slip, nounsecond-tier supplier, secured credit, self-service, adjectivesell-by date, nounseller, nounseller's market, nounselling, nounselling price, nounserve, verbservice, nounservice agreement, service bureau, nounsettlement date, sex shop, nounshelf life, nounship, verbshopfitting, nounshopping centre, nounshopping mall, nounshopping precinct, nounshop-soiled, adjectiveshopworn, adjectiveshort-term credit, showcase, nounshowroom, nounshrink-wrapped, adjectivesister company, soft sell, nounsolicit, verbsouk, nounspecial, nounSRP, stand, nounstand-alone, adjectivestaple, nounstartup, nounstationer, nounstock, nounstockist, nounstockroom, nounstocktaking, nounstoppage in transit, nounstore brand, nounstorefront, nounstreet price, strip mall, nounstructural analysis, supermarket, nounsuperstore, nounsurcharge, nounsurcharge, verbtake-up, nountakings, nountelesales, nountender, verbthrift shop, nounthroughput, nounticket, nounticket, verbtill, nountout, verbtrade discount, nountrade fair, nountrade-in, nountrademark, nountradename, nountrade name, nountrade price, nountrader, nountrade route, nountrade secret, nountradesman, nountrading estate, nountrading post, nountraffic, nountrafficker, nountrigger point, uneconomic, adjectiveunit price, noununsecured credit, upfront fee, wares, nounwarranty, nounwholesale, nounwholesale, adjectivewholesaler, nounwinding up, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meanings 1 & 2ADJECTIVES/NOUN + earnings The court awarded Ms Dixon £7,000 for damages and loss of earnings. He supplements his meager income by working on Saturdays.
· Average earnings for teachers are around $70,000.
· Some football players have weekly earnings of over £50,000.
· Professional people pay more tax, because of their higher earnings.
· a new government policy which is designed to help people on low earnings
· His annual earnings are over £1 million.
(=money that a person or company is likely to earn in the future)· With serious injuries, the court may award substantial damages for loss of future earnings.
(=the amount a company earns during a three-month period)· The bank will announce its quarterly earnings on January 17.
(=the amount a company earns during one of the four periods of three months that make up a financial year)· The company’s fourth quarter earnings are excellent.
(=before tax has been paid)· You can usually borrow up to three times the value of your gross earnings per year.
(=after tax has been paid)· The company’s net earnings have fallen over the last two years.
(=money a company earns by exporting goods or services)· Export earnings from oil bring valuable overseas currency into the country.
verbs· Average earnings increased by 5 per cent last year.
(=become lower)· The company’s earnings fell by 21% in the fourth quarter.
(=publicly state the amount of money a company has earned during a particular period)· Many car manufacturers have reported disappointing earnings this year.
phrases (=the amount a person or company earns)· He found he was having to work harder just to maintain his level of earnings.
· The insurance policy covers you for loss of earnings due to illness.
(=an increase in the amount a person or company earns)· The first part of this year has seen a substantial growth in earnings.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (=the money a company or country makes from exports)· Oil and gas provide 40% of Norway’s export earnings.
The court awarded Ms Dixon £7,000 for damages and loss of earnings. He supplements his meager income by working on Saturdays.· The salary figure does not include overtime pay.· If Joe worked 100 hours overtime at time and a half, his overtime payments would be $15,662.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· In any 10-year period managers should only be granted options on shares worth up to four times their annual earnings.· Witco said it expects its annual earnings will improve by about 13 cents a share by 1997 once the plants are closed.· However, using the P/E ratio we can calculate the previous annual earnings per share as follows: therefore we have,.· Starting salaries and annual earnings in the manufacturing sector usually were somewhat higher.· Bankers Trust is expected to report fourth quarter and annual earnings next week.
· What rate do you pay? £52.50 or £43.50 depending on your employee's average weekly earnings.· Analysts had on average expected earnings of about 90 cents a share.· Economic statistics: Labour market statistics: average earnings.· Jardine Fleming Thanakom expects 21 % growth in average earnings per share in 1996, up from just 10 % in 1995.· Britain's pension was also low as a percentage of national average earnings.· The result is the employee's average weekly earnings.· Packers reply that their average earnings are less than 1 percent of their sales.· This is equal to 20% and 32% respectively of average adult earnings.
· The federal deficit is at a 23-year low. Corporate earnings are generally strong.· If the economy falters in 1996, corporate earnings will be hard-pressed to match the performance of the past few years.· Nor is there any sign of a pick-up in corporate earnings this year.· He expects stocks to continue to march higher, benefiting from falling rates and decent corporate earnings.· At the moment, optimism over interest rates is being offset by pessimism about the direction of corporate earnings.· But the relief was expected to be short-lived, because the economy and corporate earnings are still hurting.· According to Mazur, corporate earnings here are healthy.
· With coffee prices badly depressed, the tea industry seemed set to become the second principal source of foreign exchange earnings.· First, foreign earnings from copper have been used to purchase shortfalls in indigenous production.· But developing countries are still dependent for all their foreign currency earnings upon the fluctuations of commodity prices on the world market.· Oil exports accounted for close to 80 percent of foreign earnings.· However, the foreign exchange earnings on tourism did increase in 1989, not from IR£150m but rather by this figure.
· Damages awarded for loss of future earnings can be substantial.· But Fujisaki ruled that future earnings were an acceptable concept in the law.· The management have confidence in future earnings growth and the maintenance of the target payout ratio. 2.· Farr calculated the contribution of workers to economic growth by estimating the future net earnings of labourers dying at different ages.· One of the uncertainties of the assessment of future loss of earnings is the future rate of tax.
· Parental motivation came from high earnings.· Another study found that acquainting students with basic job information in high school was associated with higher earnings in the future.· Conversely, a high P/E ratio is presumed to show that the market expects high and/or non-volatile earnings from the company.· From the beginning of their relationship, the two had been comfortable with her ambitious career goals and higher earnings.· It followed that further improvements would result in even higher earnings.· The manufactured-housing group is expected to continue its trend toward higher earnings.· Low-earning workers seemed least affected, but on higher earnings some evidence of a small disincentive was discernible.· The commission provides the incentive and opportunity for higher earnings.
· Within the Paid Employment Arena 3.2 Differential hourly earnings are the most obvious indicator of the patriarchal dividend.· Mississippi has the lowest income per capita of any state, as well as the lowest hourly earnings for production workers.· Average hourly earnings advanced a scant 1 cent in January, reaching $ 12. 06.
· Trade gap narrows despite cut in invisible earnings.· On this basis, Britain was the world's biggest generator of invisible earnings, and has probably remained so this year.· Such earnings are little appreciated outside the specialist areas of business such as finance and insurance which directly contribute to invisible earnings.
· The lost earnings should be calculated tax year by tax year and the appropriate rates of tax adopted.
· Deduct the lower earnings limit, and divide the resulting figure by 80.· Mississippi has the lowest income per capita of any state, as well as the lowest hourly earnings for production workers.· Influenced by the lower pound, earnings jumped by 22 percent during the period and over the nine months.· The foundation said the tax hike cost the average family $ 2, 600 in higher taxes and lower earnings.· On low earnings the rebate payments will be too small to justify the personal pension plan charges.· The company said its earnings would fall short of previous expectations mainly because of lower earnings from its Gulf Printing unit.· The lower earnings limit is the same level as the basic retirement pension.· Inc., which fell 21 percent after warning of lower expected earnings.
· Its reported net earnings are therefore lower than the reported nil earnings of firm A even though its taxable earnings are the same.· Farr calculated the contribution of workers to economic growth by estimating the future net earnings of labourers dying at different ages.· Thus between 1966 and 1976 net overseas earnings rose on average by 5.3 times as against 2.3 times for manufacturing.
· The computer maker warned early this month that its quarterly earnings would be well below analysts' expectations.· Consensus estimates predict quarterly earnings of 57 cents per share, according to Zacks Investment Research.· Critics say the new accounting standard will unnecessarily create scary, volatile numbers in quarterly earnings reports.· Company-wide layoffs are expected after January 17 when Apple announces its quarterly earnings.· Other stocks surged after reporting better-than-expected quarterly earnings.· The computer electronics maker told analysts that inventory thefts led to lower-than-expected quarterly earnings.· With that mind-set, everything else becomes secondary to the ability to deliver the next quarterly earnings push-up.
· Last year's figures were boosted by strong foreign-exchange earnings and a £122 million write-back from third world debt provisions.· Financial companies also rose after several large national banks reported stronger earnings.· He said yesterday that its high cost and strong earnings would deter predators.· Sales in those new markets have fueled strong earnings at Duracell in the past two years.· Major aluminum makers, benefiting from higher prices for fabricated products, are expected to post stronger fourth-quarter earnings.· Boston Chicken, another company expected to generate strong earnings, rose 1 1 / 4 to 31 3 / 8.· The broader market also rose as some companies reported stronger earnings than expected.
· In addition, contributions can be made to take up any unused part of the total earnings of the past six years.· The total earnings figure is taken from the company's annual report.· These have been added to the total earnings figures.· It seems reasonable therefore, to use total earnings rather than base salary as the criteria for the pay league.
· Co., fell for the third straight week on reports of weak earnings and a slack retail climate.· Manufacturing Co. reported weaker earnings than expected.· Other companies issuing profit warnings or unexpectedly weak earnings included Hutchison Technology Inc., down 6 to 36 1 / 2.· While weak earnings forecasts caused many stocks to fall sharply, unexpectedly strong outlooks or actual earnings were rewarded.
· What rate do you pay? £52.50 or £43.50 depending on your employee's average weekly earnings.· His average weekly earnings for four weeks is £54.· How do I work out average weekly earnings?· Figure 9.4 considers male average gross weekly earnings.· The result is the employee's average weekly earnings.· The average weekly earnings of female manual workers amounted to £115.00 in 1987.· The higher rate is 90% of your employee's average weekly earnings.· In 1975, women earned 72 percent of men's hourly rate, and 62 percent of men's gross weekly earnings.
NOUN· At 25 times current-year earnings estimates, the stock is not expensive.· It was one of five airline stocks whose fourth-quarter earnings estimates were cut today by Goldman Sachs analyst Glenn Engel.· Vignola lowered her 1996 earnings estimates to $ 2. 35 from $ 2. 39.· They immediately pared their earnings estimates for the fiscal year ending June 30 by 15 % to 20 %.
· Over 90 percent of export earnings comes from oil.· The compensatory financing was designed to give temporary support to countries facing short-term fluctuations in export earnings, predominantly primary producing nations.· Though petroleum still makes up four-fifths of export earnings, he has made the country less dependent on oil.
· The company says earnings growth of 10% in 1993 is on target, excluding the accounting changes.· It was the second consecutive year of earnings growth after four years of declines.· The management have confidence in future earnings growth and the maintenance of the target payout ratio. 2.· The results eased investors' concern that earnings growth could stall.· In some cases, the earnings growth will more than make up for the eventual de-rating.· So it's been punishing stocks whose sales growth has declined even as earnings growth has expanded.· If the upgrade cycle stalls, earnings growth will too.· Two decades ago, he said, they were likely to predict solid earnings growth when analysts called.
· If the earnings figure is higher than the upper earnings limit, take that as the figure.· Deduct the lower earnings limit, and divide the resulting figure by 80.· There is, however, no upper earnings limit for your share.· This point is known as the upper earnings limit.· The lower earnings limit is the same level as the basic retirement pension.· The rate at the lower earnings limit of £43 a week is reduced from 5 to 2 percent.· Earnings between £43 and £325 a week - the upper earnings limit - will now attract the uniform 9 percent.· The first band of earnings attracting this contribution should run up to what is now called the lower earnings limit.
· Meanwhile Lehmann Brothers, its smaller Wall Street rival, saw its second-quarter earnings rise by 14 %.· It warned of unexpectedly low fourth-quarter earnings because of lagging sales of its computer networking software.· And fourth quarter earnings, if calculated on the same basis, would have increased 11.4%.· Analysts surveyed by First Call / Thomson Financial had put the company's current quarter earnings at 72 cents a share.· The charges will reduce its fourth-quarter earnings by Dollars 12.83 per share.· This compares with 55 cents per share for 1996 third quarter earnings, on revenues of $ 2, 521, 852.· In terms of earnings, Thursday has been circled on many a calender for fourth-quarter earnings from Nortel Networks Corp.· Fourth-quarter earnings rose to 45 cents a share from 39 cents.
· This is reflected in their price / earnings ratios, a key measure of market value.· Its price-earnings ratio is a hefty 82. 4.· And price / earnings ratios that seem absurdly high probably are.· The higher the price-earnings ratio, the more expensive the stock.· The earnings ratio for the £10 for 5 years at 6% is 16.28%.· Many investors look at price-earnings ratios as indications of how expensive stocks are.· But again larger concerns generated higher market valuations - the median price to earnings ratio was 24.7 against 15.1 for smaller firms.· The water companies' average prospective price earnings ratio is around five.
· Critics say the new accounting standard will unnecessarily create scary, volatile numbers in quarterly earnings reports.· Merck and Sears Roebuck led the slide, falling the equivalent of 40 Dow points after their latest earnings reports.· For earnings reports, type the ticker, followed by Equity&.
VERB· Completion accounts Completion accounts will usually be needed if the price is to be based on earnings or net asset values.· On average, the P / E ratio was 19, based on estimated 1996 earnings.· In effect, therefore, the redundancy payment is based on final earnings.· Since the 1989 Budget, the above figures have become governed by a ceiling, currently based on £75,000 earnings a year.· Charlotte, North Carolina-based First Union earnings rose 21 percent, as higher fees offset sluggish lending profit.· In addition, until April 1993, a further 2 percent subsidy based on earnings will be paid.
· Buybacks and profits retained by companies, rather than ploughed back by investors, may boost earnings per share.· To improve cash flow, Kmart eliminated its dividend, cut expenses and boosted earnings.· Last year's figures were boosted by strong foreign-exchange earnings and a £122 million write-back from third world debt provisions.· The move comes as the telephone company implements a plan to trim billions of dollars in expenses and to boost earnings.· Commission boosted these earnings, and during 1989 the lowest earning salesman achieved £5,500 basic plus £6,700 commission.· Narrowing profit margins have given developers little choice but to keep building and selling off property to boost sales support earnings.· One fundamental motive is the desire of big corporations to boost earnings.
· The broader market also declined for a second day, behind disappointing earnings from Motorola Inc.· The disappointing earnings indicated to many investors that the boom in technology stocks is coming to an end.· On Tuesday, the company reported disappointing fourth-quarter earnings of 72 cents a share, compared with estimates of 88 cents.· Technology companies generally were down as several large companies reported disappointing earnings.· Cyclical, industrial stocks lagged badly amid disappointing earnings and worries about flagging economic growth.· In the first few days of trading this year, nervous investors have already punished high-technology companies that have reported disappointing earnings.· Stocks sold off sharply amid fears of disappointing earnings in the technology sector as well as continued concerns over the budget stalemate.· Mr Tumazos warned that aluminum makers could post disappointing earnings this year if production increases as much as indicated.
· Co. and other companies posting better-than-expected earnings.· Analysts had on average expected earnings of about 90 cents a share.· Witco said it expects its annual earnings will improve by about 13 cents a share by 1997 once the plants are closed.· The maker of high-margin switching products said it will post lower-than-expected earnings from the fourth quarter.· She said she expects earnings improvement to begin in the first quarter.· Wall Street had been expecting earnings of a penny a share, according to a survey by First Call Inc.· Other stocks surged after reporting better-than-expected quarterly earnings.· Bradstreet said it expects to post 1995 earnings of $ 3. 80 a share before the pretax charge.
· The company said revenue and earnings will fall significantly below second-quarter results.· Wal-Mart Store Inc. said it expects its fourth-quarter earnings to fall as much as 11 percent.· Digital Equipment Corp. this week warned Wall Street its third-quarter earnings will fall below analysts' expectations.· The company said its earnings would fall short of previous expectations mainly because of lower earnings from its Gulf Printing unit.
· That move would likely hurt shareholder value and earnings for a longer period of time, analysts said.
· Bowater said the deal would improve earnings this year and increase its sales of coated films and papers to £500 million.· The bank said it sacrificed some profit this year to improve earnings in coming years.
· The rise in self-employment is also likely to increase the flexibility of earnings.· Managed-care companies that had kept prices low to attract new customers are under heavy pressure to increase earnings.· As well as increasing export earnings they also add to the pipeline network supplying the home market.· Sales of large-scale data storage devices also increased strongly, while earnings from computer maintenance services hardly changed.· In each case the primary objective has been to increase both earnings and productivity.· Therefore, the fact that pensions were to be increased by earnings rather than prices was academic; it meant nothing to pensioners.
· Direct Taxes Individuals pay income tax on earnings from labour, rents, dividends, and interest.· For example, if you pay weekly, the earnings period is weekly, and so on.· At the current time, workers pay 9 percent on earnings up to £325 a week.· Because she also hasn't paid taxes on excess earnings?
· Analysts had expected Cyrix to post earnings of five cents to 10 cents a share.· Without the one-time charges, WellPoint posted flat year-end earnings.· P 500 have posted earnings for the quarter ended Dec. 31.· The chain of recreational-vehicle and boat stores posted fiscal 1995 earnings of 20 cents a share, doubling the year-earlier profit.· Major aluminum makers, benefiting from higher prices for fabricated products, are expected to post stronger fourth-quarter earnings.· Bradstreet said it expects to post 1995 earnings of $ 3. 80 per share before the pretax charge.· Mr Tumazos warned that aluminum makers could post disappointing earnings this year if production increases as much as indicated.
· Any contributions above that revert to the age-related percentage of earnings rules.
· This measurement is generally accepted as the cost of the retained earnings portion of equity capital.· Moreover, bank profits have been so strong that banks' retained earnings also have increased.
· To avoid damage in a down market, buy and hold stocks of companies with long records of rising earnings and dividends.· Shares of companies with rapidly rising earnings and sales were market darlings in the past year.
· Yahoo!, the Web portal, said this year's earnings and revenues would be lower than ever.· The company said it will report earnings on Jan. 25.· The Ohio-based group said fourth-quarter earnings would come in between Dollars 1 and Dollars 1.05 a diluted share.· In other earnings news yesterday: Motorola said third-quarter earnings before a charge climbed 59 percent, beating expectations.· She said she expects earnings improvement to begin in the first quarter.· The company said its earnings would fall short of previous expectations mainly because of lower earnings from its Gulf Printing unit.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- Average hourly earnings advanced a scant 1 cent in January, reaching $ 12. 06.
- It did, however, charge hourly fees that could add up quickly for heavy users.
- Mississippi has the lowest income per capita of any state, as well as the lowest hourly earnings for production workers.
- Mr Bennett, even at his hourly fees still an officer of the court, should be ashamed of himself.
- Within the Paid Employment Arena 3.2 Differential hourly earnings are the most obvious indicator of the patriarchal dividend.
- Moreover, the major source of under-recording on the balance of payments up to 1949 was invisible trade.
- On this basis, Britain was the world's biggest generator of invisible earnings, and has probably remained so this year.
- Such earnings are little appreciated outside the specialist areas of business such as finance and insurance which directly contribute to invisible earnings.
- There were probably invisible exports too: exports of technical skill and artistry, exports of medicine and magic.
- This has been undesirable, but not of critical importance because our income from invisible exports has made good the difference.
- Trade gap narrows despite cut in invisible earnings.
- A private parking garage in one building has lost business.
- Damaged stock means lost sales, and lost sales mean less profit.
- Foot-and-mouth has already cost £51million in lost sales of livestock.
- It's thought to have cost the Dickens and Jones department store £100,000 in lost business.
- It was estimated that the disruption cost retailers around £5m in lost sales.
- When Bogdanov refused, Mr Goddard said he intended to charge the company at least £1,650 to cover lost sales.
WORD FAMILYnounearnerearningsadjectiveearned ≠ unearnedverbearn
1the money that you receive for the work that you do: an employee’s average weekly earnings He claimed compensation for loss of earnings.► see thesaurus at salary2the profit that a company or country makes: The company’s earnings have dropped by 5% in the first quarter. Oil provides 40% of Norway’s export earnings.COLLOCATIONS– Meanings 1 & 2ADJECTIVES/NOUN + earningsaverage earnings· Average earnings for teachers are around $70,000.hourly/weekly/monthly earnings· Some football players have weekly earnings of over £50,000.high earnings· Professional people pay more tax, because of their higher earnings.low earnings· a new government policy which is designed to help people on low earningsannual earnings· His annual earnings are over £1 million.future earnings (=money that a person or company is likely to earn in the future)· With serious injuries, the court may award substantial damages for loss of future earnings.quarterly earnings (=the amount a company earns during a three-month period)· The bank will announce its quarterly earnings on January 17.first/second etc quarter earnings (=the amount a company earns during one of the four periods of three months that make up a financial year)· The company’s fourth quarter earnings are excellent.gross earnings (=before tax has been paid)· You can usually borrow up to three times the value of your gross earnings per year.net earnings (=after tax has been paid)· The company’s net earnings have fallen over the last two years.export earnings (=money a company earns by exporting goods or services)· Export earnings from oil bring valuable overseas currency into the country.verbsearnings rise/increase· Average earnings increased by 5 per cent last year.earnings fall (=become lower)· The company’s earnings fell by 21% in the fourth quarter.report earnings (=publicly state the amount of money a company has earned during a particular period)· Many car manufacturers have reported disappointing earnings this year.phraseslevel of earnings (=the amount a person or company earns)· He found he was having to work harder just to maintain his level of earnings.loss of earnings· The insurance policy covers you for loss of earnings due to illness.growth in earnings (=an increase in the amount a person or company earns)· The first part of this year has seen a substantial growth in earnings.