Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unearned income

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English

Syllables
un-earned in-come
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Income that is not a wage, such as interest, dividends or realized capital gains from investments, rent from land or property ownership, and any other income that does not derive from work.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

unearned incomes (plural)

Synonyms

unearned revenue

Questions

What does unearned income mean?
Income that is not a wage, such as interest, dividends or realized capital gains from investments, rent from land or property ownership, and any other income that does not derive from work.

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