noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ high , record , strong
▪ low , meagre/meager
▪ average
▪ annual , hourly , quarterly , weekly
▪ first-quarter , second-quarter , etc.
▪ expected , future , projected
▪
the company's projected ~ for the next twelve months
▪ reported
▪ total
▪ average
▪ gross , pre-tax , taxable
▪ after-tax , net
▪
Her net ~ last year were $15 000.
▪ real
▪
Blue-collar workers saw their real ~ diminish.
▪ export , investment
▪ company , corporate
▪ career , lifetime
▪
Her win in Australia has taken her career ~ through the million-dollar barrier.
▪ lost ( law )
▪
damages awarded for lost ~
▪ immoral (= by working as a prostitute) ( BrE , law )
▪
He was jailed for six months in June for living off immoral ~.
… OF EARNINGS
▪ level
▪
Levels of ~ are still rising.
VERB + EARNINGS
▪ have
▪
People with a university education tend to have higher ~.
▪ generate
▪
~ generated by investing your income
▪ calculate , estimate
▪ declare
▪
You must declare all ~ to authorities.
▪ tax
▪ boost , increase , lift ( esp. AmE ), push ( esp. AmE ), raise
▪
The show has pushed her ~ past $2 million a year.
▪ announce , post , report ( all business )
▪
The company reported ~ of $2.9 million.
EARNINGS + NOUN
▪ estimate , forecast , projection
▪
his 2008 ~ estimate of 73 cents a share
▪ target
▪ announcement
▪
the second-quarter ~ announcement
▪ growth
▪ shortfall
▪
An ~ shortfall might point to problems with our forecasting abilities.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ from
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Chile's ~ from exports rose by 2%.
▪ ~ of
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annual ~ of £20 000
PHRASES
▪ ten times, twenty times, etc. ~
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The stock trades at about 40 times ~.
▪ growth in ~
▪
the growth in average ~ over the last ten years
▪ loss of ~
▪
She is also claiming compensation for loss of ~.
▪ revenue and ~ , revenues and ~
▪
long-term increases in corporate revenues and ~
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