{
    "term": "taxpayer",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person who pays tax to the government, especially on the money that they earn",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Hundreds of thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money *(= money paid in taxes)* have been spent on the project."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The proposals will be popular with higher-rate taxpayers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was estimated to have cost the US taxpayer $35 billion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Should politicians be able to travel first class at the taxpayer's expense?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The changes make an average taxpayer £2.50 a week better off."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What is the cost to the taxpayer of hosting the Olympics?"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtækspeɪə(r)/",
                "audio": "ta/taxpayer/taxpayer__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtækspeɪər/",
                "audio": "ta/taxpayer/taxpayer__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}