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DictionarySeeearnearn keep
earn (one's) keepTo perform sufficient work or help in exchange for money or housing. If you're going to live here rent-free, then you need to earn your keep by helping out with the cooking and cleaning. That boarder earns his keep by doing maintenance in the building.See also: earn, keepearn one's keepto help out with chores in return for food and a place to live; to earn one's pay by doing what is expected. I earn my keep at college by shoveling snow in the winter. Tom hardly earns his keep around here. He should be fired.See also: earn, keepEncyclopediaSeeEARN |