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ˈtaxˌpayer, tax-payer
1. One who pays a tax or the taxes generally; one who is liable to taxation; in U.S. including local rate-payers.
1816J. Kennedy in A. McKay Hist. Kilmarnock (1880) 229 Only 2,700 have a right of voting for members of Parliament;..197,300, although tax-payers, directly or indirectly, having no more right of voting than if they were an importation of slaves from Africa. 1853Inaug. Address Mayor of Boston (U.S.), [Of] interest to every water taker and tax payer in the City. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xix. IV. 324 Some part..might, with advantage to the proprietor, to the taxpayer and to the State, be attracted into the Treasury. 1878Jevons Prim. Pol. Econ. xvi. 130 To demand a tax when the taxpayer is likely to be able to pay it.
2. U.S. colloq. A building just large enough to provide an income sufficient to meet the expenses it incurs; hence, any small building.
1921B. Matthews Ess. on Eng. vi. 134 A resplendent electric sign on top of a two-story tax-payer. 1950N.Y. Times 28 Dec. (Late city ed.) 39/8 The three-story tax⁓payer at 288 Jackson Avenue in Jersey City, N.J...has been sold.
So ˈtaxˌpaying n., the payment of taxes; a., that pays taxes (or rates); subject to taxation.
1832Reg. Deb. Congress U.S. 4 Apr. 2390 As a representative of the tax paying people of the South, I must ask..what becomes of the excessive heavy amount of revenue? 1849J. S. Mill in Westm. Rev. LI. 44 A tax⁓paying or other property qualification. 1851Inaug. Address Mayor of Boston (U.S.), The sale would cause discontent..to a very large number of tax⁓paying citizens. 1882T. Hughes in Macm. Mag. XLV. 281 Doing his share of fighting, taxpaying, keeping the peace. 1894Pop. Sci. Monthly XLV. 719 Formerly they were checked by the rage of the taxpaying classes. |