high earner
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhighandearner
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high
adjective
uk/haɪ/us/haɪ/
(especially of things that are not living) being a large distance from top to bottom or a long way above the ground, or having the stated distance from top ...
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earner
noun[C]
uk/ˈɜː.nər/us/ˈɝː.nɚ/
someone or something that ...
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(Definition ofhighandearnerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Further, the limit would be unfair as being higher for thehighearnerthan for the low earner.
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If the parent without care is on a reasonable income or is ahighearner, the children should get the benefit.
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It harms the pensioner; it does not harm thehighearner.
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We are not talking of the man in work and the woman at home, a singlehighearner.
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Is it everyhighearnerwho will pay graduate tax?
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Such a person may be ahighearnerirrespective of his disability.
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In most instances that is not the case —the only possible exception is the malehighearner.
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The consulting engineering profession is ahighearnerof foreign currency, some £500 million per annum, and is responsible for large contracts abroad.
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If a woman is ahighearneror married to a rich husband, she will benefit.
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The low-key film had a limited release and was not ahighearner, but it received mainly positive reviews.
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Others have systems that are much larger, promising high replacement rates to all workers, even high earners.
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The proportion of base varied negatively with wages, ranging from 13 % for high earners to 80 % for low earners.
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They pay a higher replacement rate to high earners on pay above the ceiling of the public plan.
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When young, people do not know whether they will be high earners or low earners, whether they will marry, or whether they will even live long enough to receive benefits.
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If we had a higher tax rate for high earners, we could easily fund higher education.
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Presumably, he has in mind higher rates of taxation on high earners at every level.
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