ratepayer
纳税人,缴费者,纳费者,耗费者
Definitions
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- : a person who pays a regular charge for the use of a public utility, as gas or electricity, usually based on the quantity consumed.
- : British. a person who pays rates; a taxpayer of the local government.
Examples
Lobbyists for local water agencies are hopeful the state will provide direct emergency assistance to ratepayers in the state budget.
One exists for assisting low-income ratepayers to cover energy bills but not in the water world, Farrel said.
One utility had been collecting fees from ratepayers for 19 years and failing to send the money to the CPUC, Stebbins said.
The cost is usually passed on to customers and it’s you, the ratepayer, who actually pays the franchise fee on your utility bill.
We must ensure that we do not squander this once-in-a-generation opportunity to help meet the city’s climate goals and protect ratepayers.
Among their other duties, they had the power of commuting each ratepayer's statute-labor for five years.
Mill's absolute principle would condemn the levy of a shilling for a school, if the ratepayer objected to the religious teaching.
As a woman and a ratepayer, I realise the importance of eliminating all unavoidable expenditure in Municipal undertakings.
"But surely cookery is taught in the schools," pleaded the Ratepayer.
For that reason an English municipal taxpayer is called a ratepayer.