# taxpayer

Pronunciation: US say "TAKS-pay-er" /ˈtæksˌpeɪɚ/; UK say "TAKS-pay-uh" /ˈtæksˌpeɪə/

## Noun

1. A person who must pay tax, who is legally liable for it, or who is otherwise subject to it.
   - Simple: Someone who pays taxes to the government.
   - _As a taxpayer, she expects the city to spend its budget wisely._
   - _The proposed reform shifts more of the burden onto wealthy taxpayers._

## Origin

Formed from the words "tax" and "payer".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/taxpayer (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).