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n. (context tax English) An individual's level of wealth or income, as a measure of the tax rate they can afford to pay.
Usage examples of "ability to pay".
Those vouchers meant a patient had to be seen, regardless of caseload, regardless of the bearer's ability to pay anything for the services of physicians, nurse-practitioners, or medical technicians conducting diagnostic testing.
It is beyond your resources, whatever your willingness or ability to pay.
Another thought had struck me: that if Uncle Paul was alive her inheriting half the business was out the window and her ability to pay a good exorbitant fee was open to question.
Now, with her credit restored, with the ability to pay her own bills, and choose her own medical care, she was surprised to find herself as angry with her family as ever.
As I become increasingly accomplished, my ability to pay increases.
And then upon looking into our books the court will find that the damages exceed our ability to pay.