ratepayer

noun

1. （英国旧时的）地方税纳税人
   (in Britain in the past) a person who paid taxes to the local authority on the buildings and land they owned

1. N-COUNT （英国）地方税纳税人
   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.
   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。
2. N-COUNT （美国电力、自来水或电话公司的）消费者
   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.
   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。

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。
2. 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。
3. Third, Make use of clustering method, on base of the indicator chosen, find the character of honest ratepayer and non-honest ratepayer.
   ⑶利用聚类方法的改进算法，结合已找出的选案指标，在稽查部门收集的选案资料中寻找诚实纳税和不诚实纳税人的特征，对稽查工作起到参考作用。

noun

1. a person who pays local rates (especially a householder)