earner
Britishnoun
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a person who earns money
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informal an activity or thing that produces income, esp illicitly
a nice little earner
Example Sentences
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Megan is also a multimillion-dollar earner with an array of branding deals; on her Instagram feed right now are promotional crossovers with Popeyes and Cheetos.
From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026
Minority owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe wants to lower the top-level amounts being paid at the club and, when Casemiro leaves in the summer, Rashford will be United's highest earner.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
Brigham Young University forward AJ Dybantsa was the highest NIL earner in all of college basketball this season.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026
“While I recognize this is a first-world problem — a high earner, still working in my 70s, fretting over less than $10,000 in taxes — I am frustrated.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
For every big earner, there were hundreds more just scraping along.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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