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ratepayer

noun

Etymology

From rate + payer.

  1. derived from pācō
  2. derived from pācāre
  3. derived from paiier
  4. inherited from payen
  5. suffixed as payer — “pay + er”
  6. compounded as ratepayer — “rate + payer”

Definitions

  1. Someone who pays for a public utility or service.

    • The government is supposed to mediate between ratepayers and the power company.

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No curated loop yet for ratepayer. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA