earnings

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]

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, remuneration, salary]

English

Etymology

From earn

Noun

earnings

1. Wages, money earned, income.
2. In the context of "finance}} Business profits.

Income, refers to consumption opportunity gained by an entity within a specified time frame, which is generally expressed in monetary terms. For firms, income generally refers to net-profit: what remains of revenue after expenses have been subtracted. In the field of public economics, it may refer to the accumulation of both monetary and non-montary consumption ability, the former being used as a proxy for total income.

See also

• Comprehensive income
• Distribution (economics)
• Income statement
• Income tax
• Income trust
• Income inequality metrics
• Per capita
• Per capita income
• Poverty line
• Private income
• Profit
• Remuneration
• Six figure income
• Wealth (economics)
• Residual income
• Passive income

References

• D. Usher (1987). "real income," The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics, v. 4, pp. 104-05

External links

• Markets & Stocks: Investor Research Center - Earnings Warnings

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