Earnings and Net

Earnings

Earnings noun - The amount of money left when expenses are subtracted from the total amount received.
Usage example: after subtracting what we spent on music and refreshments, the earnings from our charity gala were still impressive

Net is a synonym for earnings in net profit topic. In some cases you can use "Net" instead a noun "Earnings", when it comes to topics like money for work performed.

Nearby Word: earning

Net

Net noun - The amount of money left when expenses are subtracted from the total amount received.
Usage example: his net for the year was about 60% of his total income

Earnings is a synonym for net in net profit topic. You can use "Earnings" instead a noun "Net".

Nearby Word: netting

How words are described

entire entire earnings entire net
big big earnings big net
little little earnings little net
extra extra earnings extra net
Other adjectives: bigger.
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