earner

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earn·er /ˈɜːnə $ ˈɜːrnər/ noun [countableC]

1 BEsomeone who earns money for the job that they do 挣工薪者

high/low/average earner

Private childcare is still too expensive for the average earner.

对普通工薪阶层来说，雇家庭保姆照顾孩子还是太贵。

He is the only wage earner in the family.

他是家里唯一挣工资的人。

2 a business or activity which makes a profit 赚钱的生意[活动]

the country’s biggest export earner

该国利润最高的出口商品

3. a nice little earner British EnglishBrE informalPROFIT something that earns you a lot of money 使人赚大钱的东西，摇钱树

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a nice little earner• Bethlehem will always be a nice little earner.• That would be a nice little earner for us.• With an eye for a nice little earner, Del Trotter dictated his letter of application to chief sports writer Roy Collins.• It has become, let's face it, a nice little earner.• Some of the nurses found it a nice little earner on top of their poor weekly pay.• However worthy his motives, the good doctor is on a nice little earner.

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earner• They have always offered special deals to attract students because they know that they are tomorrow's higher earners.• They were contributors to a family wage rather than independent earners, but they were not members of a family unit of production.• Breadwinner wives who are the couple's sole earners are a rarity, wives are typically joint but secondary earners.• In this case, inaction is bad news for wage earners.• Minimum wage earners, Kerry said, make about $ 8,500 in a year.• A family whose wage earners are without medical coverage can lose everything when a child becomes seriously ill.

high/low/average earner• Firstly, of course, because it only affects high earners, i.e. those earning more than £75,000 a year.• For an average earner, that will be 16 years of collecting a monthly check worth about $ 4,247.• Provide generous exemptions that help lower earners.• In many instances, such arrangements would only be within the means of high earners.• They have always offered special deals to attract students because they know that they are tomorrow's higher earners.• But the highest earner in 1995 was the Eagles with $ 63 million, according to Pollstar.• The highest earners have the most confidence in themselves, while those currently without a steady relationship are relatively lacking in confidence.• Husbands are usually higher earners than their wives and their jobs or carers take precedence over those of women.

From Longman Business Dictionary

earnerearn·er /ˈɜːnəˈɜːrnər/ noun [countableC]JOB

1someone who earns money by working

He’s the highest earner in the company at the moment.

It is hard when there is only onewage earner in the family.

Private healthcare is too expensive for the average earner.

2an investment or asset that earns money

The Suez Canal is one of Egypt’s main foreign exchange earners.

3a nice (little) earner British EnglishBrE informal something that earns quite a lot of money for you

The shop could be quite a nice little earner.

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