Collocations for earn - verb

consistently
reportedly, reputedly (esp. BrE)
She reportedly earns more than $475 000 a year

have to, need to
expect to
The company expects to earn €600 million on sales.

from
profits earned from real estate sales

a/the chance to earn sth, a/the opportunity to earn sth
the opportunity to earn more money

earn a living as sth
the difficulty of earning a living as an artist

earn enough to do sth
The workers barely earn enough to live on.

sb's/the ability to earn sth
his ability to earn a living lecturing

really
‘I feel I've really earned this!’ she said, picking up her cup of coffee.

richly, rightfully (esp. AmE), rightly (esp. BrE), truly
He has truly earned the admiration of his colleagues.

quickly
He quickly earned the respect of his colleagues.

have to, need to
First you have to earn their respect.

seek to, try to
be likely to
go on to
He went on to earn a PhD in astronomy from the University of Maryland.

Earn is used with these nouns as the subject:
effort, employee, worker

Earn is used with these nouns as the object:
acclaim, accolade, applause, approval, award, badge, bonus, booking, bronze, cash, certificate, championship, commission, confidence, contempt, credentials, credit, degree, diploma, distinction, draw, enmity, equivalent, esteem, fame, fee, fortune, grade, gratitude, honour, income, interest, keep, laugh, livelihood, living, love, loyalty, master, medal, mention, money, nickname, notoriety, ovation, pay, penalty, point, praise, premium, profit, promotion, rating, rebuke, recognition, replay, reprieve, reprimand, reputation, respect, return, revenue, reward, royalty, salary, scholarship, score, silver, spot, sum, sympathy, title, total, trust, wage, win, wrath