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单词 ratepayer
释义
ratepayer
(rtpeɪəʳ )
Word forms: ratepayers
1. countable noun
In Britain, a ratepayer was a person who owned or rented property and therefore had to pay local taxes called rates. The citizens of a district are sometimes still called the ratepayers when their interests and the use of local taxes are being considered.
2. countable noun
In the United States, a ratepayer is a person whose property is served by an electricity, water, or phone company, and who pays for these services.
The new law will benefit phone companies but leave ratepayers worse off.
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