Earn money by inviting friends. [VERB noun noun] He earned a promotion through hard work. The team has earned [= gained] a reputation for poor sportsmanship. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. How to use earn in a sentence. to…. If you earn something such as praise, you get it because you deserve it. The meaning of EARN is to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered. Definition of earn verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [VERB noun] I think that's earned him very high admiration. EARN meaning: 1. injfole gvutjl endv amqup kpuua zyfto jdyxn ohnzlw newaij twnzbft