Example sentences for: earnings

How can you use “earnings” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Thousands of low-income residents throughout the San Fernando Valley face exploitation in the workplace -- overtime without pay, long hours without breaks, earnings below the minimum wage.

  • 1. "The major U.S. oil companies reported earnings this week , and although, the Wall Street Journal reported, their bottom lines were helped by higher oil prices, they were hurt by gasoline prices, which didn't rise as fast.

  • Lastly, some of the increased market value of households' stock holdings may stem from the use of businesses' retained earnings for investment, which is already reflected in NIPA saving and investment.

  • For instance, a typical firm with $1 of earnings per share might earn $1.

  • But there's no justification for paying for defense or environmental protection or the weather bureau with a regressive tax that hits only the lower part of earnings and hits investment income not at all.


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