earner

English

Etymology

earn +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nə(ɹ)

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

earner (plural earners)

1. One who earns money.
2. (British, Australia) A profitable product or scheme; something that brings in good money.

   Those Japanese radios were a nice little earner: we sold all of them by lunchtime.

Derived terms

• big earner
• dual earner
• middle earner
• wage earner

 

Anagrams

• nearer, re-earn, reearn