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ansio

Pronunciation: /ˈɑnsio/

“ansio” is a Finnish word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

  1. income, earnings (wages, money earned, income)
  2. merit (something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward; claim to commendation or a reward)
  3. virtue, benefit, advantage
  4. desert (that which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward, especially in the expression "just deserts")

Etymology

ansa- (“to earn”) + -io or alternatively ansa (“trap”) + -io.

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