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BNC: 2619 COCA: 2918

earnings

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Related topics: Wages, Trade
earn·ings /ˈɜːnɪŋz $ ˈɜːr-/ ●●○ noun [plural]  
1  BEWthe money that you receive for the work that you do 工资，收入 → salary, pay
 an employee’s average weekly earnings
雇员的平均周薪
 He claimed compensation for loss of earnings.
他要求对工资的损失作出补偿。
► see thesaurus at salary
2  BBTthe profit that a company or country makes 〔公司或国家的〕利润，收益
 The company’s earnings have dropped by 5% in the first quarter.
公司第一季度的利润下降了5%。
 Oil provides 40% of Norway’s export earnings.
石油为挪威提供了40%的出口利润。
n COLLOCATIONS – Meanings 1 & 2
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + earnings
average earnings
Average earnings for teachers are around $70,000.
hourly/weekly/monthly earnings
Some football players have weekly earnings of over £50,000.
high earnings
Professional people pay more tax, because of their higher earnings.
low earnings
a new government policy which is designed to help people on low earnings
annual earnings
His annual earnings are over £1 million.
future earnings (=money that a person or company is likely to earn in the future)
With serious injuries, the court may award substantial damages for loss of future earnings.
quarterly earnings (=the amount a company earns during a three-month period)
The bank will announce its quarterly earnings on January 17.
first/second etc quarter earnings (=the amount a company earns during one of the four periods of three months that make up a financial year)
The company’s fourth quarter earnings are excellent.
gross earnings (=before tax has been paid)
You can usually borrow up to three times the value of your gross earnings per year.
net earnings (=after tax has been paid)
The company’s net earnings have fallen over the last two years.
export earnings (=money a company earns by exporting goods or services)
Export earnings from oil bring valuable overseas currency into the country.
verbs
earnings rise/increase
Average earnings increased by 5 per cent last year.
earnings fall (=become lower)
The company’s earnings fell by 21% in the fourth quarter.
report earnings (=publicly state the amount of money a company has earned during a particular period)
Many car manufacturers have reported disappointing earnings this year.
phrases
level of earnings (=the amount a person or company earns)
He found he was having to work harder just to maintain his level of earnings.
loss of earnings
The insurance policy covers you for loss of earnings due to illness.
growth in earnings (=an increase in the amount a person or company earns)
The first part of this year has seen a substantial growth in earnings.
Examples from the Corpus
earnings• It said, however, that it would maintain its 2001 earnings target of $ 2.80 to $ 2.90 a share.• Average earnings rose just 3 cents an hour.• Company earnings are up 18% over last year's.• He expects stocks to continue to march higher, benefiting from falling rates and decent corporate earnings.• Development Inc. and Parametric Technology Corp., after both companies reported better-than-expected earnings.• The planned repurchase would result in an extraordinary charge of about $ 22 million against first-quarter earnings, the company said.• The crucial factors are the relative opportunity costs and the ratio of men's to women's earnings.• The average worker's earnings have not kept up with inflation.• Most single mothers spend a large part of their earnings on childcare.• Most occupational schemes pay a proportion of your earnings when you retire and are called final earnings schemes.
loss of earnings• Cost is used here in its widest sense involving payment of fees, loss of earnings, loss of time and so on.• Parties and witnesses are entitled to allowances for loss of earnings, subsistence and travel to and from the tribunal.• There were very large claims from members of the Territorial Army for loss of earnings and most of them were met in full.• Social security payments are unlikely to be adequate compensation for loss of earnings and injuries.• Responsibility for loss of earnings and production, due to inclement weather for example, will rest with the sub-contractor.• After abandoning an appeal against the decision, Barclays agreed to reinstate the women and compensate them for loss of earnings.• If you don't do it, then it's a day's loss of earnings.• Later more imaginative tactics were adopted to try to achieve maximum disruption for a small loss of earnings.
export earnings• The generally depressed commodity prices did not, however, markedly affect export earnings.• The compensatory financing was designed to give temporary support to countries facing short-term fluctuations in export earnings, predominantly primary producing nations.• This increase in export earnings will stimulate the domestic economy.• Over 90 percent of export earnings comes from oil.
From Longman Business Dictionary
earningsearn·ings /ˈɜːnɪŋzˈɜːr-/ noun [plural]
1FINANCEthe money that a person receives for the work they do in a particular period of time
He always thought he’d be satisfied even if his earnings didn’t reach $20,000 a year.
the gap between the gross earnings (=income before tax) of manual and non-manual workers
2ECONOMICSthe total amount that people receive for the work they do in a particular industry or economy in a particular period of time
This month’s figures on inflation, industrial production, average earnings (=the average amount that people earn) and unemployment are expected to show continuing economic weakness.
3FINANCEACCOUNTINGthe profit that a company makes in a particular period of time, or the total profits that companies make in a particular industry or economy in a particular period of time
British Airways counts on North Atlantic flights for about half its earnings.
This year, the steel industry’s earnings should be higher with the completion of costly modernization programs.
Few can match Quality’s earnings growth of 40% per year over the past five years.
→ annual earnings → core earnings → retained earnings → undistributed earnings
4buy earnings growthFINANCE an investor buys earnings growth by buying shares that are quite cheap in relation to the amount of profit the company made in the previous year, hoping that the value of the shares will increase
The company could buy earnings growth for its shareholders by buying ports overseas with its excess capital.
→ see also PE ratio
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ADJECTIVE | ... OF EARNINGS | VERB + EARNINGS | EARNINGS + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤high, record, strong高收入；創紀錄的收入；極高的收入▸➤low, meagre/meager低收入；微薄的收入▸➤average平均收入▸➤annual, hourly, quarterly, weekly年收入；時薪；季度收益；週薪➤first-quarter, second-quarter, etc.第一季度、第二季度等收入➤expected, future, projected期望的／未來的／預計的收入◇the company's projected earnings for the next twelve months公司未來 12 個月的預計收入➤reported賬面收入➤total總收入➤average平均收入▸➤gross, pre-tax, taxable毛收入；稅前收入；需納稅收入▸➤after-tax, net稅後收入；淨收入◇Her net earnings last year were $15 000.她去年的純收入是 1.5 萬英鎊。➤real實際收入◇Blue-collar workers saw their real earnings diminish.藍領工人的實際收入在減少。➤export, investment出口／投資收入➤company, corporate公司收入➤career, lifetime職業／終身收入◇Her win in Australia has taken her career earnings through the million-dollar barrier.在澳大利亞的勝利使她的職業生涯收入突破了百萬美元大關。➤lost (law法律) 收入損失◇damages awarded for lost earnings收入損失補償➤immoral (= by working as a prostitute) (BrE, law法律) 不道德的收入（指賣淫收入）◇He was jailed for six months in June for living off immoral earnings.他因為靠不道德收入為生於 6 月份被判 6 個月監禁。... OF EARNINGS➤level收入水平◇Levels of earnings are still rising.收入水平仍在提高。VERB + EARNINGS➤have有收入◇People with a university education tend to have higher earnings.受過大學教育的人收入往往比較高。➤generate產生收益◇earnings generated by investing your income將收入進行投資獲得的收益➤calculate, estimate計算／估計收入▸➤declare申報收入◇You must declare all earnings to authorities.你必須向當局申報所有收入。➤tax對收入課稅➤boost, increase, lift, push, raise提高收益；增加收入◇The show has pushed her earnings past $2 million a year.演出使她的年收入超過 200 萬美元。➤announce, post, report (all business商業) 宣佈／公佈／報告收入◇The company reported earnings of $2.9 million.公司報告收入 290 萬美元。EARNINGS + NOUN➤estimate, forecast, projection盈利估算；收入預期◇his 2008 earnings estimate of 73 cents a share2008 年，他的收入預計為每股 73 美分。➤target收入目標➤announcement盈利公告◇the second-quarter earnings announcement第二季度的盈利公告➤growth收入增長➤shortfall收入差額◇An earnings shortfall might point to problems with our forecasting abilities.收入的減損或許能指明我們的預測能力所存在的問題。PREPOSITION➤earnings from來自於⋯的收入◇Chile's earnings from exports rose by 2%.智利的出口收入增加了 2%。➤earnings of⋯的收入◇annual earnings of £20 0002 萬英鎊的年收入PHRASES➤ten times, twenty times, etc. earnings * 10 倍、20 倍等的收入◇The stock trades at about 40 times earnings.這隻股票以 40 倍收入的價格買賣。➤growth in earnings收入的增長◇the growth in average earnings over the last ten years過去 10 年以來平均收入的增長➤loss of earnings收入的損失◇She is also claiming compensation for loss of earnings.她還要求賠償收入損失。➤revenue and earnings, revenues and earnings收入和利潤◇long-term increases in corporate revenues and earnings公司收入和利潤的長期增長  ➡ note at per cent (for more verbs)  ➡ topic at business
BNC: 2619 COCA: 2918
earnings noun
⇨ income (average earnings) ⇨ profit (export earnings)
BNC: 2619 COCA: 2918
earnings
Wages and salaries: wage, salary, pay...
Profit: profit, earnings, percentage...

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