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Webster 1913 Edition
Earning
Earn′ing
,Noun.
pl. 
Earnings
. That which is earned; wages gained by work or services; money earned; – used commonly in the plural. 
As to the common people, their stock is in their persons and in their 
earnings
. Burke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Earning
EARNING
,ppr.
  EARNING
,Noun.