ADV
really
After working long hours all week, she really earned a relaxing weekend at home.
deservedly, richly, rightly
She richly earned her reputation as the team's most reliable worker.
VERB + EARN
have to, need to
You need to earn money before you can buy a car.
seek to, try to
verb
To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
You can have the s'mores: you earned them, clearing the walkway of snow so well.
With their hard work and dedication, they earned respect and a seat at the table.
To receive payment for work or for a role or position held (regardless of whether effort was applied or whether the remuneration is deserved or commensurate).
He earns seven million dollars a year as CEO. My bank account is only earning one percent interest.
She earns more than forty thousand dollars a year in passive income from her parents' investments — that's what she gets before she even gets out of bed or lifts a finger.
To receive payment for work.
Now that you are earning, you can start paying me rent.
To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward.
My CD earns me six percent!
In that era, all their long, hard, dangerous labor in the mines barely earned them even enough to eat!
To achieve by being worthy of.
to earn a spot in the top 20
verb
To curdle (milk), especially in the cheesemaking process.
Of milk: to curdle, especially in the cheesemaking process.
verb
To strongly long or yearn (for something or to do something).
And ever as he rode, his hart did earne / To prove his puissance in battell brave.
To grieve.
[M]y manly heart doth erne. […] Boy, briſsle thy Courage vp: For Falſtaffe hee is dead, and wee muſt erne therefore.
To perform satisfactory physical labor or to provide other worthy services in return for remuneration, lodging, or other benefits; to support oneself financially.
Being a very strong, active man, with gift of versatile hand and brain, and early acquaintance with handicrafts, Christopher Bert could earn his keep.
To earn money, to do something as a job.
Their substitutes featured two players from League One clubs and Miller, who earns his crust these days with Vancouver Whitecaps.
You can have the s'mores: you earned them, clearing the walkway of snow so well.
WiktionaryWith their hard work and dedication, they earned respect and a seat at the table.
WiktionaryCarried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of
WiktionaryAnd ever as he rode, his hart did earne / To prove his puissance in battell brave.
Wiktionary[M]y manly heart doth erne. […] Boy, briſsle thy Courage vp: For Falſtaffe hee is dead, and wee muſt erne therefore.
WiktionaryThey gleamed on many a dusky tarn , Haunted by the lonely earn
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In some senses, earn is marked as archaic, obsolete, British. Watch for register when choosing this word.