Meaning: earned 
ɜːn
adj.
gained or acquired; especially through merit or as a result of effort or action
v.
earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions
earned Idiom, Proverb
A penny saved is a penny earned
Idiom(s): A penny saved is a penny earnedTheme: THRIFT
A proverb meaning that money saved through thrift is the same as money earned by employment. (Sometimes used to explain stinginess.)
• "I didn't want to pay that much for the book," said Mary. "After all, a penny saved is a penny earned."
• Bob put his money in a new bank that pays more interest than his old bank, saying, "A penny saved is a penny earned."
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penny saved is a penny earned, aWhat one does not spend, one will have. This maxim for thrift is so familiar that it often appears in shortened form, as in Although they can afford to buy a house right now, they're putting it off, on the principle of “a penny saved.” It appeared in slightly different form in George Herbert's Outlandish Proverbs (1640). Whether or not it originally suggested that savings earn interest is not known.
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