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Returns from work? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

earnings

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This clue might be a double definition.

'returns' is the first definition.
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'work?' is the second definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.

'from' is the link.

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(Other definitions for earnings that I've seen before include "Profits, incomes" , "Grannie's (anag) -- income" , "Money gained in work" , "Wages for grannies" , "Salaries etc" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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