ratepayer

noun

rate·​pay·​er ˈrāt-ˌpā-ər 

1

British : taxpayer

2

: one who pays for a utility service and especially electricity according to established rates

Examples of ratepayer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Assembly Bill 1167 will generally prohibit utilities from using money collected from ratepayers for certain lobbying activities and promotional advertising. —Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2025

The goal is to limit the amount of ratepayer money spent on costly infrastructure that the state hopes to phase out in the coming decades as part of its climate goals. —NPR, 13 Oct. 2025

Transmission delivery charges are outside of the base rate, passed through to ratepayers as a separate surcharge on their monthly bill. —Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2025

The proposal is meant to ensure that other ratepayers are not saddled with costs associated with building power plants and electric infrastructure necessary for power-hungry data centers. —Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1845, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for ratepayer

• interlayer
• monolayer
• multilayer
• multiplayer
• overlayer
• assayer
• ballplayer
• betrayer
• bilayer
• bricklayer
• conveyer
• conveyor