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Word: Earn
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
Old English earnian, of West Germanic origin, from a base shared by Old English esne ‘labourer’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əːn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
obtain (money) in return for labour or services
Short Definition:obtain money in return for work
Examples:- I earned £10 an hour working in the shop
- he earns his living as a lorry driver
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