Difference between revisions of "Breadwinner"

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(removed fallacy - "breadwinner" predates slang "bread" for money by over a century)
 
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The '''breadwinner''' is the member (or members) of the [[family]] who goes out into the world and earns [[money]] for the family. He is the family's primary source of [[income]]. This is a somewhat colloquial term, coming from the colloquialism of "bread" to denote "money". The counterpart of a breadwinner is a [[homemaker]].
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The '''breadwinner''' is the member (or members) of the [[family]] who goes out into the world and earns [[money]] for the family. The breadwinner is the family's primary source of [[income]]. The counterpart of a breadwinner is a [[homemaker]].
  
 
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Latest revision as of 01:56, January 9, 2009

The breadwinner is the member (or members) of the family who goes out into the world and earns money for the family. The breadwinner is the family's primary source of income. The counterpart of a breadwinner is a homemaker.