Definition of "breadwinners" [breadwinners]

• Plural form of breadwinner. (noun)

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• "When we pledge to cover rent, food or insurance, we free up single breadwinners from the unimaginable anxiety of having to cope with the medical, emotional, physical and financial catastrophe that has suddenly befallen them."
• "An increasing number of young women like myself are the primary breadwinners, which is no problem, except for the fact that we end up working full time, doing most of the housework, kin work, consumption work, and care work."
• "ILO also noted that women are perceived as caregivers while men are the breadwinners, which is why companies will rather pay women lower wages and fewer benefits as they are perceived as secondary income earners."