taxpayer
noun
a person who pays a tax or is subject to taxation.
Example Sentences
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"Constant never-ending legal wranglings that undermine the contract between a nation and those that serve is neither a good use of taxpaying money nor an effective execution of strategy."
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
But what will happen to this 90-year-old model as robots and artificial intelligence reduce the demand for taxpaying human workers?
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 20, 2025
The $70 billion borrowing plan exceeds the city’s current debt limit, which is pegged to the total amount of taxpaying property in the city, by tens of billions of dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025
“We used common sense, but we were also surrounded by all these kids. We survived. They all survived. They’re all adults. They’re all taxpaying people.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2025
It provided for universal suffrage with eligibility for men and women, no taxpaying qualifications, the age to be 29 with gradual reduction to 25.
From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI by Ida Husted Harper
