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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It is a channel for Egyptians working in the Gulf to send home remittances, an important foreign exchange earner for Egypt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The metal has eclipsed iron ore as the biggest earner for BHP -- generating more than half of the group's operating profit for the first time.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Salah became Liverpool's highest earner in their history when he signed a reported £400,000-a-week contract in April 2025.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
James is the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, but just an impressively, he’s also the NBA’s all-time leading earner, with $581 million in wages earned through 2026.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 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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