ratepayers

英 [ˈreɪtˌpeɪəz]

美 [ˈreɪtˌpeɪərz]

n.  (英国旧时的)地方税纳税人
ratepayer的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （英国）地方税纳税人
  In Britain, aratepayerwas 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 theratepayerswhen their interests and the use of local taxes are being considered.
  1. The Conservatives saw this as stopping the waste of ratepayers' money.
     保守党人认为这是在遏制浪费纳税人的钱。
• N-COUNT （美国电力、自来水或电话公司的）消费者
  In the United States, aratepayeris a person whose property is served by an electricity, water, or telephone company, and who pays for these services.
  1. The new law could create a 'no lose' situation for the phone companies that could leave ratepayers worse off.
     这项新的法律将会让电话运营公司“稳赚不赔”，但是消费者利益可能会继续受到侵害。

双语例句

• Politicians who parade this argument – like most public employees, many of the retired officials responsible for the maladministration, and Ms Kelly and Ms Cooper – have pensions guaranteed by tax and ratepayers.
  拿出这条理由的政客们像大多数公务人员、对行政不当负有责任的许多退休官员，以及凯利女士和库珀女士一样有税收和地方税纳税人保证的养老金。
• "The ratepayers of Virginia must be protected from costs for renewable energy that are unreasonably high," the regulators said.
  不应该让弗吉尼亚的纳税人来承担可再生能源过高的生产成本。
• That we ratepayers have to keep paying the burdensome interest.
  我们这些纳税人还得为它继续支付利息，想到这一点人人感到非常郁闷。
• The Conservatives saw this as stopping the waste of ratepayers 'money.
  保守党人认为这是在遏制浪费纳税人的钱。
• The new law could create a 'no lose' situation for the phone companies that could leave ratepayers worse off.
  这项新的法律将会让电话运营公司“稳赚不赔”，但是消费者利益可能会继续受到侵害。
• The burden the act placed on ratepayers led to a reaction against public expenditure.
  这个法案加在纳税人身上的负担引起了人们对公共费用开支的反对。