earner
/ˈɜːnə(r)/noun
उच्चारण अर्नर
कमाने वाला
Core word
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[C]
a person who earns money
कमाने वाला
- She is the main earner in the family.
- The tax cut helps low earners most.
- He is the only earner in his family, so he cannot afford to lose his job.
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- High earners pay a larger share of their income in tax.
- Both my parents are earners, so we manage comfortably.
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[C] British, informal
an activity or business that brings in money
कमाई का ज़रिया
- Tourism is a big earner for Kerala.
- The new app has become a nice little earner.
- Cricket broadcasting is a major earner for the sports channel.
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- Selling homemade pickles turned out to be a good little earner.
- Exports of spices remain an important foreign currency earner for the country.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
earner (countable noun)
An earner is a person who earns money; the plural is earners. It also means a business or activity that brings in money.
Earner वह व्यक्ति है जो पैसे कमाता है; plural earners है। यह उस व्यवसाय या गतिविधि को भी कहते हैं जो पैसे लाती है।
- He is the only earner in the family.
- The new restaurant is a good earner.
wage earner / breadwinner / top earner
The words before earner show who earns: wage earner, top earner, main earner, high earner.
Earner से पहले के शब्द बताते हैं कि कौन कमाता है: wage earner, top earner, main earner, high earner।
- The main earner lost his job in the lockdown.
- High earners pay more tax.
a good / big / nice earner (informal)
In informal British English a good earner is an activity that makes a lot of money.
अनौपचारिक ब्रिटिश अंग्रेज़ी में 'a good earner' ऐसी गतिविधि है जिससे बहुत पैसा मिलता है।
- Selling mangoes at the roadside is a nice earner in summer.
earner vs earnings vs income
An earner is the person or activity; earnings or income is the money itself.
Earner व्यक्ति या गतिविधि है; earnings या income स्वयं पैसा है।
- The earner's income fell this year.
earner (stress and spelling)
Earner is pronounced /ˈɜːnə/ and is spelt with -er, not -or. Related words are earn, earning and earnings.
Earner का उच्चारण /ˈɜːnə/ है और वर्तनी -er से होती है, -or से नहीं। संबंधित शब्द earn, earning और earnings हैं।
- Earnings from tuition were the family's main support.
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adjective + earner
topmainhighlowsole
- The sole earner of the household was her father.
wage / foreign + earner
wage earnersalary earnerforeign-exchange earnerdual earner
- Tourism is a major foreign-exchange earner.
verb + earner
becomebesupportloseturn into
- She became the main earner after her husband fell ill.
earner + family
in the familyin the householdof the house
- He is the only earner in the family.
adjective + earner (business)
steadyreliablequickmodest
- A reliable earner keeps a small shop alive.
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- Radhika is the first earner in her family to hold a government job.
राधिका अपने परिवार में सरकारी नौकरी करने वाली पहली कमाऊ सदस्य है।
- Two earners in a family can share the cost of a home loan.
परिवार में दो कमाने वाले सदस्य गृह-ऋण का भार बाँट सकते हैं।
- Tea exports are an important foreign-exchange earner for India.
चाय का निर्यात भारत के लिए विदेशी मुद्रा कमाने का एक महत्त्वपूर्ण साधन है।
- The shop in the station is a steady earner for the family.
स्टेशन की दुकान परिवार के लिए एक स्थिर आय का साधन है।
- High earners must file their tax returns before July.
अधिक कमाने वालों को जुलाई से पहले अपना कर-विवरण दाखिल करना होता है।
- As the sole earner, he could not afford a long holiday.
अकेला कमाने वाला होने के कारण वह लंबी छुट्टी का खर्च नहीं उठा सकता था।