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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

earn
     v 1: 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"
          [syn: gain, take in, clear, make, realize, realise,
           pull in, bring in]
     2: acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions [syn: garner]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Earn \Earn\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   See Ern, n. --Sir W. Scott.
Earn \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.
Earn \Earn\, v. t. & i. [See 1st Yearn.]
   To grieve. [Obs.]
Earn \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.
Earn \Earn\, v. i. [AS. irnan to run. [root]11. See Rennet,
   and cf. Yearnings.]
   To curdle, as milk. [Prov. Eng.]

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2003-OCT-10) 

EARN

   <networking> European Academic and Research
   Network.

   (1995-11-15)

Source: V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms December 2001 

EARN
        European Academic Research Network (network)