earnings in WordNet English dictionary

1. something that remunerates
   "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings"
   wage  pay  earnings  remuneration  salary 
   
2. the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
   net income  net  net profit  lucre  profit  profits  earnings