ratepayer

[ reyt-pey-er ]

/ ˈreɪtˌpeɪ ər /

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.

Origin of ratepayer

First recorded in 1835–45; rate¹ + payer

rate·pay·ing, adjective, noun

rateable, rated load, rateen, ratel, ratemaking, ratepayer, rater, rates, ratfink, ratfish, rath

But the fact remains, and it carries with it a great and unexpected relief to the Irish ratepayer.

Home Rule |Harold Spender
Every ratepayer, whether foreigner or native, has the right to vote in municipal elections and to serve in the municipal council.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 |Various
Enter Injured, but Beauteous, Ratepayer, wringing her hands.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, July 15th 1893 |Various
The central ideas of modern municipalism are the raising of loans and the sweating of the ratepayer.

The Dwelling House |George Vivian Poore

The work was undertaken at considerable expense by the Corporation out of the Citys cash, and at no charge to the ratepayer.

The Sanitary Evolution of London |Henry Lorenzo Jephson

ratepayer

/ (ˈreɪtˌpeɪə) /

a person who pays local rates, esp a householder