a person or organization that pays taxes:
• The takeover was estimated to have cost taxpayers $1.5 billion.
— taxpaying adjective [only before a noun] :
• There was a lot of anger on the part of the taxpaying public.
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taxpayer UK US /ˈtæksˌpeɪər/ noun [C] TAX, ECONOMICS
► someone who pays taxes: »
By 2030 each program is expected to cost taxpayers about 6% of GDP.
»This is a waste of time and taxpayers' money.
high-rate/basic-rate taxpayer »At present high-rate tax payers pay a huge tax on their pensions.
»We give our assurance that no taxpayer dollars will be used for this project.
Financial and business terms. 2012.