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The government also holds highly sensitive private information about everyone from taxpayers to undercover CIA agents.
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Zac Anderson, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
That’s what American taxpayers should be paying for?
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Linda Qiu, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
The American taxpayers have been funding just useless priorities overseas.
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Maryalice Parks, ABC News, 8 Feb. 2025
Since the property tax for services is frozen and will not pay more than the $100 in taxes during the duration of the TIF, usually nine to 25 years, any increase in service costs will be paid by the remaining taxpayers.
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Matt Lehman, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025
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First Known Use
1797, in the meaning defined above
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“Taxpayer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/taxpayer. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
taxpayer
noun
tax·pay·er
ˈtak-ˌspā-ər
: one that pays or is responsible for paying a tax
Legal Definition
taxpayer
noun
tax·pay·er
: a person (as an individual or corporation) that pays or is liable for a tax
taxpaying
adjective
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