earnings
earnings は英検準2級・TOEIC 860・TOEFL 80・IELTS 6.5レベルの英単語で、「収入、収益、利益」という意味があります。発音記号は /ˈɜːrnɪŋz/ です。
意味一覧 (2件)
収入
解説 Definition
仕事をしたり投資したりして得るお金です。給料や報酬、企業が得た利益などを含みます。
Earnings are the money that a person or company receives from work, business, or investments. It is often used when talking about income over a period of time, such as weekly earnings or company earnings. For people, it usually means pay from a job; for businesses, it can mean profit or net income depending on the context.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
earnings は動詞 earn（働いて得る）から考えると覚えやすい語です。個人については weekly earnings や annual earnings のように、仕事・副業・投資などで実際に得たお金、つまり給料や報酬を含む「収入」を指します。income より「稼いだ結果」という感じが強く、企業については corporate earnings, quarterly earnings のように決算での利益にも使われます。
Start from the verb `earn`: to get money through work or activity. `Earnings` are the money someone earns, as in `weekly earnings` or `annual earnings`. In business English, the same word is also common in `corporate earnings` and `quarterly earnings`, meaning company profit.
例文
Her earnings increased after the promotion.
昇進後、彼女の収入は増加しました。
The company reported high earnings this quarter.
その会社は今四半期に高い収入を報告しました。
He saved most of his earnings for retirement.
彼は退職のために収入の大部分を貯めていました。
収益、利益
(意味 2)解説 Definition
企業や事業が一定期間に得たもうけを指す名詞です。特に会計報告、株式市場、決算発表で使われ、売上そのものより費用を差し引いた利益に近い意味で用いられます。
Earnings are the profit or income that a company or business makes during a certain period. The word is especially common in accounting, financial reports, and stock market news. It usually refers to money left after costs and expenses, not just total sales. In business contexts, people often talk about quarterly earnings, corporate earnings, or an earnings report.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
earnings は動詞 earn（稼ぐ、得る）から来た名詞で、「稼ぎ出された結果」に注目する語です。会社について使うと、earnings report、quarterly earnings、corporate earnings のように決算や投資の文脈で頻出し、単なる売上高ではなく費用後に残る利益に近い意味になります。個人の「収入」を表す用法とは別に、企業の成績を示す語として覚えると区別しやすいです。
Think of earnings as the result of earn. It focuses on what has been gained after the work or business activity. In company news, you often see phrases like earnings report, quarterly earnings, and corporate earnings, so it is useful to connect the word with financial results rather than simple sales. This also helps you separate business earnings from a person's personal income.
例文
The company reported higher earnings this quarter than last year.
その会社は今年の四半期に、昨年より高い収益を報告した。
Investors were disappointed by the weak earnings in the latest report.
投資家たちは最新の報告書の低調な利益に失望した。
Rising costs reduced the firm's earnings even though sales increased.
売上は増えたが、コスト上昇によってその会社の利益は減った。
earnings の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 earnian（労働で得る）に由来し、-ings は結果・産物を示す接尾辞。ゲルマン祖語 *aznōną（収穫する）が根底にあり、労働の対価としての報酬を指す。関連語: earn, yearn（元は同根で「熱心に求める」意）。働いて得るものという原義が収入・所得の意味に直結している。
This word comes from Old English earnian, meaning "to gain by work." The ending -ings was used for results or things produced, so earnings meant what someone gets from working. The deeper root is Germanic, and related English words include earn and, more distantly, yearn, which once had the idea of striving strongly for something.
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