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re-earn

verb

Etymology

From re- + earn.

  1. derived from *h₃er-✻ — “to move, stir; to rise, spring”
  2. derived from *rinnaną✻
  3. derived from rinna — “to move quickly, run; of liquid: to flow, run; to melt”
  4. inherited from rinnan — “to run”
  5. inherited from erne
  6. prefixed as re-earn — “re + earn”

Definitions

  1. To earn back something one has lost.

    • What's the point in telling somebody that they now have a chance to go for a huge bonus when by scrolling the message slowly across the display the ball is already lost - meaning the bonus has to be re-earnt?
    • It is the narcotic of the football itself that draws people in, makes them travel miles from home on wet nights, part with money that will have to be re-earnt at the workplace the next day.
    • Your culture used to know its job; now you're changing that job, and it has to relearn then re-earn its competence.

  2. To repeat the process of earning

    To repeat the process of earning; to renew one's status as deserving.

    • The humble brand understands that it needs to re-earn attention, re-earn loyalty, and reconnect with its audience as if every day is the first day.
    • To do this, we understood that we had to earn and re-earn our hospitality reputation every day, one customer at a time, 50 million times a day.
    • After his family moved to Australia five years ago, and he re-earnt his black belt in the Australian system, Teo began competing in local and state competitions, quickly getting strong results.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA