noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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noun
Meaning 1
A person who is subject to, liable for, or pays tax.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The bank was bailed out by the taxpayer.
1945: I got into the bus full of taxpayers who were giving some money to a taxpayer who had on his taxpayer's stomach a little box which allowed the other taxpayers to continue their taxpayers' journeys. I noticed in this bus a taxpayer with a long taxpayer's neck and whose taxpayer's head bore a taxpayer's felt hat encircled by a plait the like of which no taxpayer ever wore before. Suddenly the said taxpayer peremptorily addressed a nearby taxpayer, complaining bitterly that he was purposely treading on his taxpayer's toes every time other taxpayers got on or off the taxpayers' bus. Then the angry taxpayer went and sat down in a seat for taxpayers which another taxpayer had just vacated. — Raymond Queneau, 'from Polyptotes' in Exercises in Style, 1945 (Eng. 1958)
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
someone who pays taxes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: payer, remunerator
Narrower terms: ratepayer
History
Etymology
From tax + payer.
Across languages
Translations
93 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
belastingbetaler
— person who pays tax
Albanian:
taksapagues
— person who pays tax
Southern Altai:
налог тӧлӧӧчи
(nalog tölööči)
— person who pays tax
Arabic:
مُكَلَّف
(mukallaf)
— person who pays tax
Arabic:
دَافِع الضَّرَائِب
(dāfiʕ aḍ-ḍarāʔib)
— person who pays tax
Armenian:
հարկատու
(harkatu)
— person who pays tax
Old Armenian:
հարկապարտ
(harkapart)
— person who pays tax
Azerbaijani:
vergi ödəyicisi
— person who pays tax
Belarusian:
падаткаплаце́льшчык
(padatkaplacjélʹščyk)
— person who pays tax
Belarusian:
падаткаплаце́льшчыца
(padatkaplacjélʹščyca)
— person who pays tax
Belarusian:
падаткапла́тнік
(padatkaplátnik)
— person who pays tax
Belarusian:
падаткапла́тніца
(padatkaplátnica)
— person who pays tax
Bulgarian:
данъкопла́тец
(danǎkoplátec)
— person who pays tax
Burmese:
အခွန်ထမ်း
(a.hkwanhtam:)
— person who pays tax
Catalan:
contribuent
— person who pays tax
Chinese Mandarin:
納稅人 /纳税人
(nàshuìrén)
— person who pays tax
Chinese Mandarin:
納稅者 /纳税者
(nàshuìzhě)
— person who pays tax
Czech:
daňový poplatník
— person who pays tax
Czech:
daňová poplatnice
— person who pays tax
Danish:
skatteyder
— person who pays tax
Dutch:
belastingbetaler
— person who pays tax
Estonian:
maksumaksja
— person who pays tax
Finnish:
veronmaksaja (payer)
— person who pays tax
Finnish:
verovelvollinen
— person who pays tax
French:
contribuable
— person who pays tax
Galician:
contribuínte
— person who pays tax
Georgian:
გადასახადის გადამხდელი
(gadasaxadis gadamxdeli)
— person who pays tax
German:
Steuerzahler
— person who pays tax
German:
Steuerzahlerin
— person who pays tax
German:
Steuerpflichtiger
— person who pays tax
German:
Steuerpflichtige
— person who pays tax
Greek:
φορολογούμενος
(forologoúmenos)
— person who pays tax
Greek:
φορολογουμένη
(forologouméni)
— person who pays tax
Hebrew:
משלם מיסים
(meshalém misím)
— person who pays tax
Hindi:
करदाता
(kardātā)
— person who pays tax
Hungarian:
adófizető
— person who pays tax
Indonesian:
pembayar pajak
— person who pays tax
Indonesian:
wajib pajak
— person who pays tax
Italian:
contribuente
— person who pays tax
Japanese:
納税者
(nōzeisha)
— person who pays tax
Javanese:
warga pajeg
— person who pays tax
Kazakh:
салық төлеуші
(salyq töleuşı)
— person who pays tax
Khmer:
អ្នកជាប់ពន្ធ
(nĕək cŏəp pŭən)
— person who pays tax
Khmer:
សុល្កាធីន
(solkaʼ ʼaʼthiin)
— person who pays tax
Khmer:
សុង្កាធីន
(songkaʼ ʼaʼthiin)
— person who pays tax
Korean:
납세자
(napseja)
— person who pays tax
Northern Kurdish:
bacder
— person who pays tax
Kyrgyz:
салык төлөөчү
(salık tölööcü)
— person who pays tax
Kyrgyz:
налог төлөөчү
(nalog tölööcü)
— person who pays tax
Lao:
ຜູ້ເສຍພາສີ
(phū sīa phā sī)
— person who pays tax
Latvian:
nodokļu maksātājs
— person who pays tax
Lithuanian:
mokesčių mokėtojas
— person who pays tax
Macedonian:
даночен обврзник
(danočen obvrznik)
— person who pays tax
Macedonian:
плаќач на данок
(plaḱač na danok)
— person who pays tax
Malay:
pembayar cukai
— person who pays tax
Māori:
kaiutu tāke
— person who pays tax
Norwegian Bokmål:
skattebetaler
— person who pays tax
Norwegian Nynorsk:
skattebetalar
— person who pays tax
Old English:
gafolġielda
— person who pays tax
Iranian Persian:
مالِیاتدَهَنْدِه
(mâliyât-dahande)
— person who pays tax
Plautdietsch:
Takstola
— person who pays tax
Polish:
podatnik
— person who pays tax
Polish:
podatniczka
— person who pays tax
Portuguese:
contribuinte
— person who pays tax
Romanian:
contribuabil
— person who pays tax
Romanian:
contribuabilă
— person who pays tax
Russian:
налогоплате́льщик
(nalogoplatélʹščik)
— person who pays tax
Russian:
налогоплате́льщица
(nalogoplatélʹščica)
— person who pays tax
Serbo-Croatian:
порески обвезник
— person who pays tax
Serbo-Croatian:
porezni obveznik
— person who pays tax
Slovak:
daňový poplatník
— person who pays tax
Slovak:
daňovník
— person who pays tax
Slovene:
davkoplačevalec
— person who pays tax
Slovene:
davkoplačevalka
— person who pays tax
Spanish:
contribuyente de impuestos
— person who pays tax
Spanish:
contribuyente
— person who pays tax
Swahili:
mlipa kodi
— person who pays tax
Swedish:
skattebetalare
— person who pays tax
Tagalog:
mamumuwis
— person who pays tax
Tajik:
андозсупоранда
(andozsuporanda)
— person who pays tax
Tajik:
андоздиҳанда
(andozdihanda)
— person who pays tax
Tajik:
молиётдиҳанда
(moliyotdihanda)
— person who pays tax
Thai:
ผู้เสียภาษี
(pûu-sǐia-paa-sǐi)
— person who pays tax
Turkish:
mükellef
— person who pays tax
Turkish:
vergi mükellefi
— person who pays tax
Ukrainian:
податкоплатни́к
(podatkoplatnýk)
— person who pays tax
Ukrainian:
податкоплатни́ця
(podatkoplatnýcja)
— person who pays tax
Urdu:
باج گُزار
(bāj guzār)
— person who pays tax
Urdu:
ٹَیکْس دِہِنْدَہ
(ṭaiks dihinda)
— person who pays tax
Urdu:
مَحْصُول دِہِنْدَہ
(mahsūl dihinda)
— person who pays tax
Uyghur:
باج تاپشۇرغۇچى
(baj tapshurghuchi)
— person who pays tax
