taxpaying

adjective

tax·​pay·​ing ˈtaks-ˌpā-iŋ How to pronounce taxpaying (audio)
: of, relating to, or subject to the paying of a tax

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It should also never be forgotten that the five who approved this ravaging of the city’s beach are the exact same five who voted to give themselves enormous pay raises and more lavish health care benefits last July — another stealth move with scant notice to the taxpaying public. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 27 May 2026 But other Republicans say the taxpaying public shouldn’t look a gift horse in the mouth. Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026 At the time, Migration Minister Elma Saiz said Spain needed to add as many as 300,000 taxpaying foreign workers per year to sustain its state benefits, including for pensions, health care and unemployment. Suman Naishadham, Fortune, 13 Dec. 2025 Add backwards spending priorities, which rank the homeless population above the taxpaying population and tent cities above infrastructure. U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2025 From 2020 to 2022, its taxpaying population dropped by over 600,000 while the national economy was rebounding from COVID. Ben Proto, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025 Councilmembers talked about increasing commercial zoning to lure new taxpaying developments. The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 6 Aug. 2025 Before the pandemic, the non-taxpaying cohort had actually shrunk a little, to the low to mid-40s. Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 6 May 2022 Bobby Marks has projected as a $13 million payout to each non-taxpaying team. Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 14 Aug. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1832, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of taxpaying was in 1832

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“Taxpaying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/taxpaying. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.

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