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词汇 ratepayer
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Definition of ratepayer in English:

ratepayer

nounˈreɪtpeɪəˈreɪtˌpeɪər
  • 1(in the UK) a person liable to pay rates.

    (英国)(地方税)纳税人

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Bristol City Council conducted a city-wide referendum of all its ratepayers on council tax options.
    • The facility will save ratepayers ' money by eliminating costly trips by councillors to the west of Ireland.
    • An insult to visitors and local ratepayers alike!
    • The port company has risen substantially in value since Waikato ratepayers sold their shareholding to private investors.
    • This bill is a stunt because the very thing it seeks to stop - significant rate rises for ratepayers - it cannot prevent.
    • Would the authority vote to save ratepayers a costly legal battle and implement the suspension?
    • I would like to know what this episode cost the ratepayers of Buffalo City Municipality?
    • Wheatland County included the survey in their property tax bills to ratepayers.
    • Good on our six-pack for having the guts to support us long-suffering ratepayers.
    • Then there is a third major issue that irks me as a ratepayer.
    • But who authorised ratepayers ' money to be donated to a political party function?
    • As for chasing the legal costs, the spokesman says Council has a responsibility to ratepayers to recover any money owed to it.
    • Rural ratepayers in the entire Council area will be affected equally.
    • Since the ratepayer is also a taxpayer, much of that grant will have come out of his own income tax.
    • Elderly ratepayers can apply for rates rebates, and that is also being reviewed.
    • He said the ratepayer should also benefit in the event of a vehicle breakdown with little disruption to the service.
    • When is this council going to stop wasting ratepayers ' money on unnecessary road schemes?
    • Perhaps the best thing about the Better Neighbourhoods plan is that it will cost ratepayers nothing.
    • Could it be that influence would be back under the control of local ratepayers?
    • Meanwhile, the council has listed elsewhere on these pages a wide range of projects benefiting the ratepayer and funded through the rates.
  • 2North American A customer of a public utility.

    〈北美〉公用事业用户

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This is a cost that, if not borne by ratepayers, will certainly be borne by taxpayers.
    • Nor is it certain just who will enjoy those benefits: shareholders or ratepayers.
    • The destitute found the fare either by selling their remaining assets or by assistance from ratepayers and landlords.
    • Residential ratepayers, taxpayers, and employees are thus to bail the industry out of its difficulties.
    • But residents and ratepayers have been protesting these private takeovers.
    • Ratepayers have already been paying for the service of decommissioning through their prior rates.
    • The California Public Utility Commission would also get $89 million in ratepayer money to promote the new scheme, giving utilities a leg up on whatever competition might materialize.
    • It is disproportional to force ratepayers to pay additional rates for services for which they have previously paid.
    • Without a break from generators, a bailout wouldn't fly politically, since ratepayers would foot the bill.
    • Nevertheless, at the ratepayer level, the preference to have improvements excluded from rates seems firmly entrenched.
    • The claims I see in the newspapers state we must spend billions of ratepayer, and possibly taxpayer, dollars to bring the utilities' infrastructure into the 21st century.
    • This is where the dividing line between ratepayers and taxpayers begins to blur.
    Synonyms
    people, citizens, subjects, general public, electors, electorate, voters, taxpayers, ratepayers, residents, inhabitants, citizenry, population, populace, community, society, country, nation, world

Definition of ratepayer in US English:

ratepayer

nounˈrātˌpāərˈreɪtˌpeɪər
  • 1North American A customer of a public utility.

    〈北美〉公用事业用户

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Residential ratepayers, taxpayers, and employees are thus to bail the industry out of its difficulties.
    • This is a cost that, if not borne by ratepayers, will certainly be borne by taxpayers.
    • The California Public Utility Commission would also get $89 million in ratepayer money to promote the new scheme, giving utilities a leg up on whatever competition might materialize.
    • But residents and ratepayers have been protesting these private takeovers.
    • The claims I see in the newspapers state we must spend billions of ratepayer, and possibly taxpayer, dollars to bring the utilities' infrastructure into the 21st century.
    • Nevertheless, at the ratepayer level, the preference to have improvements excluded from rates seems firmly entrenched.
    • It is disproportional to force ratepayers to pay additional rates for services for which they have previously paid.
    • Nor is it certain just who will enjoy those benefits: shareholders or ratepayers.
    • The destitute found the fare either by selling their remaining assets or by assistance from ratepayers and landlords.
    • Without a break from generators, a bailout wouldn't fly politically, since ratepayers would foot the bill.
    • Ratepayers have already been paying for the service of decommissioning through their prior rates.
    • This is where the dividing line between ratepayers and taxpayers begins to blur.
    Synonyms
    people, citizens, subjects, general public, electors, electorate, voters, taxpayers, ratepayers, residents, inhabitants, citizenry, population, populace, community, society, country, nation, world
  • 2(in the UK) a person required to pay local property taxes.

    (英国)(地方税)纳税人

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He said the ratepayer should also benefit in the event of a vehicle breakdown with little disruption to the service.
    • As for chasing the legal costs, the spokesman says Council has a responsibility to ratepayers to recover any money owed to it.
    • Rural ratepayers in the entire Council area will be affected equally.
    • Would the authority vote to save ratepayers a costly legal battle and implement the suspension?
    • Good on our six-pack for having the guts to support us long-suffering ratepayers.
    • This bill is a stunt because the very thing it seeks to stop - significant rate rises for ratepayers - it cannot prevent.
    • Perhaps the best thing about the Better Neighbourhoods plan is that it will cost ratepayers nothing.
    • Elderly ratepayers can apply for rates rebates, and that is also being reviewed.
    • The facility will save ratepayers ' money by eliminating costly trips by councillors to the west of Ireland.
    • The port company has risen substantially in value since Waikato ratepayers sold their shareholding to private investors.
    • But who authorised ratepayers ' money to be donated to a political party function?
    • An insult to visitors and local ratepayers alike!
    • Bristol City Council conducted a city-wide referendum of all its ratepayers on council tax options.
    • Wheatland County included the survey in their property tax bills to ratepayers.
    • Meanwhile, the council has listed elsewhere on these pages a wide range of projects benefiting the ratepayer and funded through the rates.
    • When is this council going to stop wasting ratepayers ' money on unnecessary road schemes?
    • I would like to know what this episode cost the ratepayers of Buffalo City Municipality?
    • Then there is a third major issue that irks me as a ratepayer.
    • Could it be that influence would be back under the control of local ratepayers?
    • Since the ratepayer is also a taxpayer, much of that grant will have come out of his own income tax.
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