ratepayers

英 [ˈreɪtˌpeɪəz]

美 [ˈreɪtˌpeɪərz]

n. (英国旧时的)地方税纳税人
ratepayer的复数

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。
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。

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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。
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 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。
"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。
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。