taxpaying

adjective

tax·​pay·​ing ˈtaks-ˌpā-iŋ 

: of, relating to, or subject to the paying of a tax

Examples of taxpaying in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Word History

First Known Use

1832, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for taxpaying

• allaying
• arraying
• assaying
• betraying
• bricklaying
• buffeting
• conveying
• crocheting
• decaying
• defraying
• delaying
• dismaying