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(British) a person who pays local rates (especially a householder)
Answer for the clue "(British) a person who pays local rates (especially a householder) ", 9 letters:
ratepayer
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ratepayer \Rate"pay`er\ (-p[=a]`[~e]r), n. One who pays rates or taxes.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Someone who pays for utility service
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a person who pays local rates (especially a householder)
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE local ▪ If local landfills filled faster than expected, local ratepayers would be forced to build a new one, he said. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Any new ratepayer has six months to appeal from the date he or she became ...
Usage examples of ratepayer.
Glitberg had run a flourishing construction racket for years, robbing the ratepayers of literally millions.
It was a massive operation and cost the ratepayers millions, but no one complained.
Even if the utilities lost their appeals, which they usually did, the effect of the pancaking was to force ratepayers, including many poor people, to give them massive low-interest loans.