1. [v]  earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"
2. [v]  acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions

1. \Earn\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   See {Ern}, n. --Sir W. Scott.
   

2. \Earn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Earned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Earning}.] [AS. earnian; akin to OHG. arn?n to reap, aran
   harvest, G. ernte, Goth. asans harvest, asneis hireling, AS.
   esne; cf. Icel. ["o]nn working season, work.]
   1. To merit or deserve, as by labor or service; to do that
      which entitles one to (a reward, whether the reward is
      received or not).
            The high repute Which he through hazard huge must
            earn.                                 --Milton.
   2. To acquire by labor, service, or performance; to deserve
      and receive as compensation or wages; as, to earn a good
      living; to earn honors or laurels.
            I earn that [what] I eat.             --Shak.
            The bread I have earned by the hazard of my life or
            the sweat of my brow.                 --Burke.
   {Earned run} (Baseball), a run which is made without the
      assistance of errors on the opposing side.
   Syn: See {Obtain}.
   

3. \Earn\, v. t. & i. [See 1st {Yearn}.]
   To grieve. [Obs.]
   

4. \Earn\, v. i. [See 4th {Yearn}.]
   To long; to yearn. [Obs.]
         And ever as he rode, his heart did earn To prove his
         puissance in battle brave.               --Spenser.
   

5. \Earn\, v. i. [AS. irnan to run. [root]11. See {Rennet},
   and cf. {Yearnings}.]
   To curdle, as milk. [Prov. Eng.]
   

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