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
This market-driven renewal filled vacant lots and derelict sites, reduced blight, converted nonperforming parcels into taxpaying assets and created billions of dollars in new wealth for existing homeowners, with little evidence of widespread displacement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 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
He noted the state is home to some 11 million immigrants, who make up almost 30% of the state’s population and a third of its taxpaying workers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2025
In 1909 a bill to give it to taxpaying widows and spinsters passed the Upper House and after much discussion in the Lower House was postponed.
From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI by Ida Husted Harper
