Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun earnings

2 senses of earnings

Sense 1
net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings -- (the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses))
       => income -- (the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time)

Sense 2
wage, pay, earnings, remuneration, salary -- (something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings")
       => regular payment -- (a payment made at regular times)