earn : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a run that was not scored as the result of an error by the other team
  

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• (Baseball), a run which is made without the assistance of errors on the opposing side.

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• noun (baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness; calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched
  ERA.
  

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• noun the portion of a company's profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock
  

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• noun income before interest and taxes and depreciation and amortization have been subtracted; an indicator of a company's profitability that is watched by investors (especially in leveraged buyouts)
  EBITDA.
  

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• noun a financial statement that gives operating results for a specific period
  income statement; operating statement; profit-and-loss statement.
  

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• noun the British system of withholding tax
  PAYE.
  

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• noun (stock market) the price of a stock divided by its earnings
  P/E ratio.
  

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• adjective satellite working for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual) salaries
  working-class.
  
  • working-class occupations include manual as well as industrial labor
• adjective satellite of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers
  propertyless; working-class; blue-collar.
  
  • party of the propertyless proletariat"- G.B.Shaw

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