Object

• living: Iraqis need to be able to earn a decent living, rather than depend on food handouts.

• reputation: They have earned a great reputation on the live circuit with their superb show.

• money: Earn money 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

• income: Discover how YOU can earn a good income from the comfort of your own home!

• wage: You will learn valuable skills for the trade of your choice whilst earning a wage.

• commission: There has also been an increase in commissions earned from selling creditor insurance at point of sale on personal loans.

Preposition: on

• average: The girls, he said, earned on an average from 5 s.

Adjective complement

• less: Half the worlds workers earn less than two dollars a day.

• 1p: You can now also earn 1p per read in selected categories.

• more: About 18 % of men earn more than £ 50,000, compared with only 6 % of women.

• little: Last year Usdaw research found some teenagers in the UK were earning as little as £ 1.25 per hour.

Modifying Another Word

• deservedly: Our Verdict... A cinematic masterpiece that deservedly earned five Oscars for its stars and director.

• enough: Far fewer people even earned enough to pay direct taxes.

• well: Either sod the walk on the heath entirely or kick back here for a well earned breather.

• hard: Personally, when parting with hard earned cash, seeing effort being used in the gaining of results counts for a lot.

• approximately: The average person in that country earns approximately $ 40,000 per year while in Sudan the average person earns $ 63.

Followed by an intransitive particle

• up: Bristol City Council has a team of at least two walking officers, earning up to about eighteen thousand pounds.

Used with why or when

• what: When they've earned what they consider is enough, they are too tired; or too ill, to live.

Infinitive complement

• pay: Far fewer people even earned enough to pay direct taxes.

Preposition: in

• excess: Senior staff may earn in excess of £ 30,000.