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  • noun Plural form of nonearner.

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Examples

  • We have transferred something like 10 trillion, maybe close to 11 trillion, from producers and earners to nonproducers and nonearners since 1965.

    Perception: Enlightenment or Madness? BikeSnobNYC 2009

  • However, because the household survey employment reports do not distinguish between the self-employed who are gainfully employed and those who are searching for work - and because the numbers of self-employed nonearners would be expected to increase during tough economic times - the omission of self-employment numbers from the payroll survey may more accurately reflect overall employment trends.

    More on Debt to GDP Ratios 2006

  • However, because the household survey employment reports do not distinguish between the self-employed who are gainfully employed and those who are searching for work - and because the numbers of self-employed nonearners would be expected to increase during tough economic times - the omission of self-employment numbers from the payroll survey may more accurately reflect overall employment trends.

    Employment Growth: Abuse of the Household Survey 2006

  • If the total value of goods and services was divided by the total population, including nonearners, the resulting figure was projected to double between 1968 and 1985.

    1968 the Year that Rocked the World Kurlansky, Mark 2004

  • We have transferred something like 10 trillion, maybe close to 11 trillion, from producers and earners to nonproducers and nonearners since 1965.

    Kevin Dayhoff - Soundtrack 2009

  • We have transferred something like 10 trillion, maybe close to 11 trillion, from producers and earners to nonproducers and nonearners since 1965.

    National Coalition for History 2009

  • Hon BILL ENGLISH: That inquiry confirmed at the time a $300 million shortfall in the nonearners account that was not revealed before the election.

    ScreenTalk 2009

  • - ie, does money [power] ceaselessly, automatically drift from earners to nonearners or not?

    The Real Obama: Sticking it to the Working Stiffs 2010

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