earn ‧ er /ˈɜːnə $ ˈɜːrnər/ BrE AmE 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