Answer:

earns

Answer	Crossword Clue
EARNS	Acquires
EARNS	Pulls down
EARNS	Is deserving of

EARNS	Produces dividends
EARNS	Yields as profit
EARNS	Makes
EARNS	Warrants
EARNS	Brings home bacon
EARNS	Gets the old-fashioned way
EARNS	Brings down
EARNS	Brings in

EARNS	Comes by honestly
EARNS	Deserves
EARNS	Works to get
EARNS	Makes bread?
EARNS	Works hard for
EARNS	Gets the hard way
EARNS	Has as a salary
EARNS	Has coming

EARNS	Merits
EARNS	Takes home
EARNS	Nets
EARNS	Brings home
EARNS	Garners
EARNS	Realizes
EARNS	Pulls in
EARNS	Takes in

EARNS	Draws, as a salary
EARNS	Brings home the bacon
EARNS	Pockets
EARNS	Merits, as compensation
EARNS	Brings in, as a salary
EARNS	Gains by toil
EARNS	Doesn't just get for nothing
EARNS	Brings home, as bacon

EARNS	Receives through one's efforts
EARNS	Knocks down, so to speak
EARNS	Brings in or down
EARNS	Derives deservedly
EARNS	Becomes worthy of