taxpayer

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tax·pay·er /ˈtæksˌpeɪə $ -ər/ noun [countableC]

PETa person that pays tax 纳税人

The proposal could cost the taxpayer (=all ordinary people who pay tax) another £18m a year.

这个提议也许又要让纳税人一年多花1,800万英镑。

Examples from the Corpus

taxpayer• And for this sort of performance, local taxpayers shell out roughly $ 360,000 a year.• This defence project is simply a waste of taxpayers' money.• Unemployment is up, and the poor old taxpayer has to foot the bill, as usual.• The majority of clients, it has to be said, were basic-rate taxpayers, educated perhaps, but too trusting.• Are you a higher rate taxpayer, or do you pay the basic rate?• Higher rate taxpayers must claim back an additional Pounds 18 relief on their tax return.• I think these bureaucrats have a jolly good time at the taxpayer's expense.• Bonus payments to top officials cost the taxpayer millions of pounds each year.• The Ministry says it has a duty to buy from overseas if that provides the best value for money for the taxpayer.• About half the homeowner subsidy goes to taxpayers with incomes higher than $ 100,000.• It was Augustine who got the Clinton administration to use taxpayer money to subsidize a series of defense industry mergers.

From Longman Business Dictionary

taxpayertax·pay·er /ˈtæksˌpeɪə-ər/ noun [countableC]TAX

a person or organization that pays taxes

The takeover was estimated to have cost taxpayers $1.5 billion.

higher-rate tax payers

—taxpaying adjectiveadj [only before a noun]

There was a lot of anger on the part of the taxpaying public.

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