What (who) is ratepayer - definition
TYPE OF PROPERTY TAX
Local government rates; Rate (tax); Ratepayer; Rateable value; Rates (taxation); County rate; County rates; Ratepayers
ratepayer
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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.
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In the United States, a ratepayer is a person whose property is served by an electricity, water, or telephone company, and who pays for these services.
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Ratepayer
·noun One who pays rates or taxes.
ratepayer
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1. (in the UK) a person liable to pay rates.
2. N. Amer. a customer of a public utility.
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Rates (tax)
Rates are a type of property tax system in the United Kingdom, and in places with systems deriving from the British one, the proceeds of which are used to fund local government. Some other countries have taxes with a more or less comparable role, like France's taxe d'habitation.
