See Also: Aerococcus(medicine)

unearned (iou) and Aerococcus (medicine)


unearned (iou)



unearned adjective. ME.
[from UN-1 + earned pa. pple of EARN verb1.]
Not earned by merit or desert, undeserved. ME.
Not earned by labour, not worked for. M17.
unearned income (an) income from property, interest payments, etc., as opp. to a salary, wages, or fees. unearned increment an increase in the value of land or property without labour or expenditure on the part of the owner.

Aerococcus (medicine)


Aerococcus


A genus of aerobic Gram-positive cocci that resemble enterococci but do not form chains. They are frequently isolated as airborne saphrophytes in hospitals and as a pathogen of lobsters; cause greening in blood agar and grow in the presence of 40% bile. In humans, they are found in endocarditis and in urinary tract infections. The type and only species is Aerococcus viridans.

Origin: aero-+ G. Kokkos, berry