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outearn

outearn verb: to make more money than, to earn more than.

Verb

outearn (third-person singular simple present outearns, present participle outearning, simple past and past participle outearned or outearnt)

  1. (transitive) To make more money than, to earn more than.
    • Generally those with more responsibility outearn those with less.

Forms of outearn

third-person singular presentoutearns
present participleoutearning
past participleoutearned
pastoutearned
past participleoutearnt
pastoutearnt

Origin of outearn

From out- + earn.

Questions about outearn

What does outearn mean?
Outearn means to make more money than, to earn more than.
What part of speech is outearn?
Outearn is a verb.
What is the past tense of outearn?
The past tense of outearn is outearned.

Words near outearn in the dictionary

  1. outdwellers
  2. outdwelling
  3. outdwells
  4. outdwelt
  5. oute
  6. outearn
  7. outearned
  8. outearning
  9. outearns
  10. outearnt
  11. outeat

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