: one that pays
especially
: the person by whom a bill or note has been or should be paid
He is a prompt bill payer.
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Even payers and providers are starting to search for common ground.
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Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Epic launched a payer platform in 2021, while Particle began developing its own in 2023.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The court ruled that Particle plausibly alleged Epic abused its dominance in electronic health records to undermine competition in the payer platform market so that those claims will move forward into discovery.
—David Chou, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
For another, the Leonard situation involves a separate, non-Clippers company, Aspiration, that would be the wrongful payer; with Smith, the Timberwolves were the payer.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Epic launched a payer platform in 2021, while Particle began developing its own in 2023.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The court ruled that Particle plausibly alleged Epic abused its dominance in electronic health records to undermine competition in the payer platform market so that those claims will move forward into discovery.
—David Chou, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
For another, the Leonard situation involves a separate, non-Clippers company, Aspiration, that would be the wrongful payer; with Smith, the Timberwolves were the payer.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for payer
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“Payer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/payer. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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