earnernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɜː.nər/us/ˈɝː.nɚ/someone or something that earns money:
In most of these cases, the woman is the sole earner in the family.
UK informal That hamburger stand is a nice little earner (= makes a lot of money).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Earning money
- bank
- base pay
- be quids in idiom
- black money
- blast
- bread
- bread and butter
- breadwinner
- bring sth in
- danger money
- draw
- earn
- fundraiser
- honorarium
- income
- money for old rope idiom
- payday
- payroll
- strike pay
- venal
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