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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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
At Arsenal, that would immediately make him the club's top earner by some distance, with Bukayo Saka currently earning up to £400,000-a-week.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Only that CEO happens to be the highest earner in NBA history, having raked in $581.4 million from three teams over the course of his career.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
If he joins the Warriors, he would be teaming up with Stephen Curry, the NBA’s third-highest earner in history, at $470 million.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Many of them get by by teaming up with another wage earner, a spouse or grown child.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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