earner
/ (ˈɜːnə) /
a person who earns money
British and Australian informal an activity or thing that produces income, esp illicitly: a nice little earner
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How to use earner in a sentence
Thanks to the presence of blackface and KKK costumes, her offensive fete went viral and earner her instant infamy.
The biggest earner in any genre is Judge Judy Sheindlin who rakes in $47 million a year.
Jon Stewart No. 1 in Late Night, David Arquette Falls Off the Wagon, | Culture Team | August 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn this current generation of adults, we have seen a huge increase in two-earner family.
More than 36 percent have only one wage earner, and nearly 80 percent have no wage earners at all.
Italy Has Europe’s Highest Percentage of Children in Poverty, Says UNICEF | Barbie Latza Nadeau | March 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTFor a $50,000 earner, that meant paying $1,000 a year less in payroll taxes.
Michael Tomasky: GOP Is Set to Self-Destruct Over Payroll Tax | Michael Tomasky | November 29, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
It is followed by forty-four pages of argument and illustration relating exclusively to the able-bodied wage-earner.
English Poor Law Policy | Sidney WebbThe handsome sister is the younger; she never, when she was a wage-earner, went through the streets alone.
The Leaven in a Great City | Lillian William BettsThe independent wage-earner found his hope of political recognition in allegiance to the political machines.
The Leaven in a Great City | Lillian William BettsMention the trouble if the man of the house is sick and out of work, and there is no other wage earner.
The Complete Club Book for Women | Caroline French BentonWhere before he had been a subaltern not always even a wage-earner—now all in a moment he had been transformed into a high chief.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow Paine
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