primary earner
Chief income source
The primary earner in a household is the person who brings in the most income.
The term appears in discussions of family finances, tax policy, and gender roles: When the primary earner loses their job, the whole family feels the strain.
Sometimes called the primary breadwinner.
- breadwinnerPrimary household earner
- bringing home the baconEarning the family's livelihood
- providerOne who furnishes things
- incomeRegular monetary receipts
- paycheckCompensation for labor
paycheck to paycheck · household · salary · nine to five · support · family · working parent · working · job · second job · career · bills · mortgage · making ends meet · cost of living · finances · responsibility · husband
- breadwinnersprovider, sole provider, breadwinners
- family rolesmother, father, mom, dad, parents
- spouseshusband, wife, spouse, hubby, wifey
- gender rolesgender roles, masculinity, femininity, gender stereotypes, traditional roles
- householdershouseholder, head of household, homeowner, property owner, landlord