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/ˈɜrnər/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounOne who earns money.
nounA profitable product or scheme; something that brings in good money.
Sentence Examples
He was the primary earner in family.
The high earner paid more taxes.
He is the primary earner for his family of five.
CEFR Practice Quiz
In that family, the father is the primary ____ for all household expenses.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He was the primary ____ in family.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English earn Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English earner From earn + -er.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Teachers are not simply wage earners who teach students, but revolutionaries bringing up the future builders of socialism. For this reason, we are working hard to help teachers acquire advanced science and technology and to revolutionize and working-classize them."
— 1972 May 14, Kim Il Sung, Kim Il Sung Works (Kim Il Sung Works; 27), Pyongyang, Korea: Foreign Languages Publishing House, Talk to the Delegation of the Japan National Association of Socialist Mayors, page 177:
"A remaining downside with potentially big unintended consequences is the legislated proposal doesn’t yet adjust the spouse income test, excluding many couples where one earner loses their job and leading to a perverse and undesirable "benefit cliff"."
— 2020 March 24, Peter Whiteford, Bruce Bradbury, “Your guide to coronavirus payments for the extra million on welfare”, in The Conversation:
"Substantial income from new video markets made Shaker Run New Zealand's top earner at Cannes, closely followed by The Quiet Earth."
— 2015, Lindsay Shelton, Dancing with Hollywood The Inside Story of How New Zealand Movies Became World-famous, page 76:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
In that family, the father is the primary ____ for all household expenses.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He was the primary ____ in family.