EARLY
opposite LATE
see also S<>0n< beginning, first, time
premature /'prematJV, -tju9r, ,ргетэ- 'tjos'lpriinw'tjo^/ [adj] happening before the normal or natural time - use this especially about medical conditions premature death/birth/ageing Alcoholism is one of the mapr causes of prema ture death.
premature baby (=a baby that is born too early) Her baby was premature and
weighed only 2kg. prematurely [adu] Hannah's hair went
prematurely grey when she was only
24.
early in the morning
early /'3irIi/ [adfadv] early in the morning: / always wake up early when the weather's warm. I Early the next day, Jamie received a call from his mother. bright and early (=when you get up or go somewhere early, because you are excited or eager to do something) Daphne woke bright and early and went for a walk before the others got up. make an early start (=start an activity or journey early in the morning) in the early hours (=very early in the morning) The robbery took place in the early hours of Sunday morning. early - earlier - earliest
Q^irst thing /,fз:rSt 'Big/ especially spokkn
if you do something first thing, you do it immediately after you get up or as soon as you start work: Don't worry - I'll phone her first thing.
first thing tomorrow/Wednesday/in the morning They promised to come and fix it first thing tomorrow.
at the crack of dawn /а1 дэ ,krak av
PAY
'dun/ informal use this to emphasize that something happens very early in the morning, when most people are still in bed: My Dad used to get up at the crack of dawn every Sunday to go fishing.
EARN
WORK
Я
see
also
MONEY SPEND
All these words mean 'to be paid money for working'. Earn is a little more
formal than the others, so it is used less
often in informal conversation. You use make or get when you are talking about the actual amount that someone earns, but get is more informal than make.
earn з:гп/ [и T] to be paid money for your work
earn £15,000 a year/Ј12 an hour etc people earning more than $50,000 a year
earn more than/less than/a few dollars
etc It's quite common for women to earn
more than their husbands. I earning a
few dollars playing in a bar
earn a living/earn your living (=earn
enough money to pay for the things you
need) It's difficult to earn a living as a
writer.
make /meik/ [и T] to earn money - use this when you are saying or asking how much someone earns: In the first three months I made over $45,000. I How
much do you think she makes? make $500 a week/Ј25,000 a year/a lot/ a /ortune etc A supermodel can make millions of dollars a year
making - made - have made
get /get/ [u T) informal to earn money - use this when you are saying or asking how much someone earns get £10 per hour/$350 a week etc She
gets £200 a day to run these training courses.
get $25/Ј15 etc for doing sth I got £5 for
washing Nick's car.
getting - got - have got
be paid/get paid /bi: peid, get peid/ to
D to get money for your
work
earn money, when you work for an employer, and not for yourself be paid Ј50/$200 etc The cleaners are paid less than 1000 francs a week.
well-paid job She's a computer programmer. It's a really well-paid job.
make a fortune /,meik э Ь:тфп1 to
earn a lot of money, especially when you are in charge of your own business: Some of these mechanics made an absolute fortune!
make a /ortune doing sth Roger makes a fortune buying and selling yachts.
not earning much money
low-paid/badly paid /, 1эи peid*,
bsedii peid<j [adj] earning less money than most people earn: People who work in stores are usually very badly paid. low-paid job On/y low-paid temporary jobs were available.
the money that you earn
pay /pei/ [n U] the money that you earn by
working: I'm looking for a job with better pay. 1 There have been complaints about
the level of nurses' pay. sick pay (=pay that you get when you are ill and cannot work) Joe's been receiving sick pay since the accident.
/К You can also use pay before a noun, like an adjective: a big pay increase I pay negotiations
salary /'saelari/ [n C] the money that someone is paid every month by their employer, especially someone who is in a profession, such as a teacher or a manager a salary of £100,000/(10,000 etc The university provided us with a salary of $2000 a month.
be on a salary (=be earning a salary) I joined the company in 1985, on a salary of $15,000 a year. 1 Please give details of your present salary, a good/high salary She earns a good salary as an investment banker. piural salaries
earning a lot of money
highly paid/well-paid /.haili peid<
,wel peid<j [adj] earning a lot of money: He's a lawyer, so he must be very well- paid. I highly paid and well-motivated workers
wages /'weid3i>z/ [n plural] the money that
someone is paid every week by their
employer, especially someone who works in a factory, or in a shop etc: We collect our wages on Friday mornings. I I was paying for bills, food, and everything from my wages.
EARN
income /'щклт, 'm-/ [n C/U) all the
money that you receive regularly, for work or for any other reason: Her annual
income is just over $40,000. I We get
some additional income from an investment in an oil company.
be on a low income (=receive very little money) Families on low incomes get extra welfare payment. + from He has a comfortable income from his salary and his investments.
/ее ifii [п C] the money paid to a lawyer, doctor, or similar skilled worker for a piece of work that they have done. Our legal fees came to more than $200,000. I consultant s fees for the design work
Ы the person in a family who earns money
the breadwinner /аэ bredwin3r [n singular] the person in a family who earns most of the money that the family needs: In