actual earnings

collocation in English

meaningsofactualandearnings

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actual
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈæk.tʃu.əl/us
/ˈæk.tʃu.əl/
existing ...
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earnings
noun[plural]
uk
/ˈɜː.nɪŋz/us
/ˈɝː.nɪŋz/
the amount of money that someone is paid ...
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(Definition ofactualandearningsfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The goal of the two groups was the same: to predict the average prediction of the uninformed group, given companies'actualearnings.
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Theoretically, it has been criticized because it relies on potential earnings rather thanactualearnings, which may overestimate or underestimate time lost from paid labor.
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An "informed" group of participants (who were told theactualearnings) then traded assets that paid dividends equal to the earnings predicted by the uninformed group.
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It is of the essence of the graduated pension scheme that contributions are related toactualearnings, and benefits to actual contributions.
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Some have thresholds to ensure that no contributor falls below a minimum regardless ofactualearnings-related entitlement.
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The credits received are taken into account asactualearnings.
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Under that article, instead of taking theactualearnings, there was a minimum weekly wage under the old occupation.
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Actualearningswould, frequently, exceed the standard wage.
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In 1988–89, the latest year for whichactualearningsare known, general practitioners earned, on average, £28,979.
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It will be adjustable thereafter upwards or downwards according to what are shown to be theactualearningsof the films.
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First, wages have increased in the mines, and the benefits under the scheme depend onactualearningsat the time of redundancy.
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We are asking that it shall be 75 per cent, of a man's wages, with a maximum of £3 or theactualearnings.
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Theactualearningswere down by only £137,000, not £350,000.
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It is the very nature of an average that it does not represent theactualearningsof millions of people.
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It isactualearningsrather than wages rates which determine the amount of inflationary pressure.
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I regret that statistics of theactualearningsare not available.
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Theiractualearningsdepend upon the catch that they bring in.
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The available statistics do not enable me to compare the average levels ofactualearningsin these two years.
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The effect of the amended formula enablesactualearningsfrom non-farming activities to be taken into account as relevant factors.
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Could not the regulations be amended so that he would be given the alternative either of the notional average or of theactualearnings?
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