Earnings

Earnings
Earning Earn"ing, n.; pl. {Earnings}. That which is earned; wages gained by work or services; money earned; -- used commonly in the plural. [1913 Webster]

As to the common people, their stock is in their persons and in their earnings. --Burke. [1913 Webster]


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