Earnings - Definition
earnings
n 1: the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of
time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
[syn: net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit,
profits, earnings]
2: something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he
wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their
earnings" [syn: wage, pay, earnings, remuneration,
salary]