earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; How much do you make a month in your new job?; She earns a lot in her new job; this merger brought in lots of money; He clears $5, 000 each month

[ Syn: gain , take in , clear , make , earn , realize , pull in , bring in ]

convert into cash; of goods and property

[ Syn: realize ]

expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass

[ Syn: realize ]

make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; our ideas must be substantiated into actions

[ Syn: realize , actualize , actualise , substantiate ]

be fully aware or cognizant of

[ Syn: recognize , recognise , realize , agnize , agnise ]

perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; Now I see!; I just cant see your point; Does she realize how important this decision is?; I dont understand the idea

[ Syn: understand , realize , see ]