- a person who pays tax to the government, especially on the money that they earn
- Hundreds of thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money (= money paid in taxes) have been spent on the project.
- The proposals will be popular with higher-rate taxpayers.
Extra Examples- It was estimated to have cost the US taxpayer $35 billion.
- Should politicians be able to travel first class at the taxpayer's expense?
- The changes make an average taxpayer £2.50 a week better off.
- What is the cost to the taxpayer of hosting the Olympics?
Oxford Collocations DictionaryTaxpayer is used before these nouns:- subsidy
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