earn‧er /ˈɜːnə $ ˈɜːrnər/ noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: earner, earnings; verb: earn; adjective: earned ≠ unearned]

1. someone who earns money for the job that they do
high/low/average earner
Private childcare is still too expensive for the average earner.
He is the only wage earner in the family.

2. a business or activity which makes a profit:
the country’s biggest export earner

3. a nice little earner British English informal something that earns you a lot of money

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲