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earned income

noun

  1. income from wages, salaries, fees, or the like, accruing from labor or services performed by the earner.


earned income

noun

  1. income derived from paid employment and comprising mainly wages and salaries
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of earned income1

First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences

Low- to moderate-income workers may also be eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit, a refundable tax break.

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Over the years, Sanberg has drawn headlines for his anti-poverty activism — including pushing to establish a California version of the federal Earned Income Tax Credit, which he benefited from as a child.

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They could lose out on the earned income tax credit, which subsidizes lower-wage workers.

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For instance, one of our most effective poverty relief programs is the Earned Income Tax Credit, a tax break that initially increases as income does too, creating an incentive to work.

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We spend about $122 billion on the child tax credit and another $74 billion on the Earned Income Tax Credit, which supports the working poor.

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